altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
karate gi; karate uniform
a great variety of; diversity
same kind (race); homogeneousness
adaptability; capacity for adaptation
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
video camera; video camcorder
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
to sniff out; to get wind of
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
opposite side; opposition
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
thousand years; very long period; forever
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
convenient; handy; useful
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else