to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
attendance; presence; appearance
stomach ache; abdominal pain
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
prompt; immediate; in real time
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
chair; stool; post; office; position
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
extreme masochist; very masochistic
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
extreme sadist; very sadistic
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
exposure to wind; severe criticism
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen