seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
fortune in battle; luck in war; fate as a warrior
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
taking the afternoon off; time off during the afternoon
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
piling up; making a heap; laying bricks
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
minimum; at the very least
decorum; propriety; politeness
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
gradually; slowly but steadily
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode
incorporated foundation; juridical foundation
(being) unable to look someone in the eye; (being) too ashamed to face (someone)
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
box cutter; utility knife
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
Richard Strauss (1864.6.11-1949.9.8; German composer)
Ifukube Akira (1914.5.31-)
Ikebe Shin'ichirō (1943.9-)
people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds
sublime; noble; high-minded