water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
aviator; flying ace; birdman
direct descent; direct line
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
elder sister; older female friend
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
subversion (of the state)
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
consideration; taking into account
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
breakdown of negotiations
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
outside world; physical world
only recently; just of late
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
proposal; proposition; suggestion
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically