style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
same; similar; (just) like; equal
ongoing; in progress; afoot
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
two equal parts; exactly two parts
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
brush up (i.e. fine tune, polish up, revise)
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow