precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households
prickling; stinging; tingling
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
trivial; not amounting to much
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
underestimation; undervaluation
jumping to a hasty conclusion; premature judgement
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
mental; spiritual; emotional
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)
Citizens' Band; CB (radio); convertible bond; chronic bronchitis; chemical and biological (weapons); center back; centre back
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
region; limits; stage; level
detuning (an engine, guitar, etc.)
naturally; of course; understandably
secrecy; highly classified information
to let someone hold; to make someone grasp; to bribe; to slip money to; to pass off; to foist on
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
just because; even if; even though
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
scooping loaches; catching loach in a net; loach-catching dance
to invite in; to show someone in
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
unanticipated; unexpected