lack of knowledge or understanding
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
particular; hard to please; fussy
way of talking; speaking style
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to turn towards; to point
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
bamboo screen; rattan blind
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
and; thereupon; because of that
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
study; diligence; discount; reduction
advanced level; high grade; senior
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
in that manner; like that
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
superior; superiors; senior
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related