to be jealous; to be envious
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
unwanted hair; superfluous hair
filling; packing material; stuffing; padding
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
large industrial company; major corporation; big business
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
to be embarrassed; to lose face
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
worst; worst-case (scenario)
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
family chart and personal history
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to have one's teeth set on edge; to get loose teeth
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
stepping back; drawing back
refinement; elegance; grace
stone placed on railway track (by children); decorative garden stone; handicap stone (in go)
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to trample; to crush underfoot
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable