box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
with one's mouth wide open; gapingly
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
long ago; previous; of a former age
Western music; European music
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to put into effect; to put into practice
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to cause someone to worry
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
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)
thoroughly; through and through
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
carefree; free from worry
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day