mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; palanquin; litter; lower back; waist
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to make a typo; to type the wrong character
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
correction; revision; amendment
something; some kind of; for some reason
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty
Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)
to dis; to diss; to disrespect; to speak ill of; to criticize; to disparage
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
either way; in any case; one way or another
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance