general comment; Sohyo (General Council of Trade Unions of Japan)
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
introspection; view from the inside; interior appearance; implication
critical point (temperature)
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
biological younger brother
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to be confused; to be in disorder; to be chaotic; to have troubles; to be in a dispute; to argue
coming and going; traffic
moving; touching; stirring
precocious; precocious child
death rate; mortality rate
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
art of war; strategy; tactics
as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain
(giving) instruction; initiation
post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
no way to do; nothing can be done
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
used paper; paper for recycling
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved