to talk big; to be bombastic
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
half-game consisting of an east and south round
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour; wit
win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)
hard-to-get-into school; elite school; highly-selective school
combined school (e.g. junior high and high school)
detente; easing of tensions; thaw
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
whispered conversation; whispering
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
United States men's Olympic basketball team
craft brings nothing home; (lit.) the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme
employment of workers through (personal) connections; getting a job through one's personal connection
woman's looks; woman's charm
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
to write ruby characters (small furigana above or beside kanji)
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
ability to make plans; planning ability
ministry proper; home office; head office; this ministry; this department
to draw a tile from the wall; to win on a self-drawn tile
Ii Naosuke (1815-1860.3.24)
to have one's own way (against all reason); to push through an unreasonable idea
branch of languages (i.e. Italic languages as a subset of Indo-European languages)
lofty; grand; impressive; high school and university
pseudo-romance; pseudo (mock) love affair
cold feeling; psychroesthesia
lower side; lower edge; lower border; lower hem
changing one's (public) persona; changing one's (public) image
invoking the coercive power of the state; calling upon the power of the state
turnaround (e.g. at the end of a driveway)