placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
vulgar; coarse; crude; boorish; ill-mannered; mean
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
house built on sand; house of cards
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
polite; respectful; reverent
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
to be born; to come into the world
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
amusing; funny; interesting
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
sexual assault (of a woman); rape
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
holder of a dan rank; dan player (in go or shogi); black belt (in martial arts)
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
sovereignty of the people
French Revolution (1789-1799)
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
chasing after women; womanizing
something that will help develop one's artistic skill
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
ordinary person; untitled individual