gate;  branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master;  division;  phylum;  counter for cannons
 before one's own eyes;  from under one's very nose;  without doing anything;  without resistance;  helplessly;  negligently
 to let slip;  to slide;  to glide
 secret base;  hideout;  hidden position
 serious;  severe;  grave;  acute
 appearance;  presence;  attendance;  surrender (e.g. to the police);  turning oneself in
 very;  greatly;  much;  just about to;  almost;  very nearly
 to reconsider;  to rethink;  to reassess
 great-grandfather;  great-granddad;  great-grandad
 hill;  height;  knoll;  bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
 sign of life;  human presence;  humanity;  humaneness
 disappearance;  running away;  going missing;  absconding
 to trick;  to cheat;  to deceive;  to seduce
 cooked rice;  meal;  food;  one's living;  livelihood
 culture;  civilization;  civilisation;  Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
 to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex);  to be well liked;  to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.);  to be welcomed
 thereabouts;  vicinity;  that area;  that situation;  those circumstances
 fusuma;  Japanese sliding screen
 timidly;  nervously;  with nervous diffidence;  trembling with fear
 well;  properly;  best regards;  please remember me;  just like ...;  as though one were ...
 sweetly (smiling);  broadly (grinning)
 to turn one's hand to;  to reach out one's hand;  to get involved in;  to make a move on;  to strike;  to beat
 practice;  practising;  experience
 shyness;  fear of strangers;  stranger anxiety
 papier mâché;  player who is not a dealer (in cards)
 tiger (Panthera tigris);  drunkard;  drunk;  sot
 sensitivity;  sensitiveness;  sense (of ...)
 to get down to business;  to cut to the chase;  to get straight to the point;  to move on to the main subject
 pretending not to see something;  turning a blind eye to;  burying one's head in the sand
 to dump (e.g. onto the floor);  to empty by overturning;  to throw out (contents);  to tell everything;  to reveal everything;  to open one's heart
 to change;  to swap;  to change the object of one's interest or focus;  to spend or take time;  to infect;  to permeate something with the smell or colour of something;  to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
 proposal;  offer;  report;  proposition;  notice;  request
 aizuchi;  back-channeling;  interjections indicating that one is paying attention;  two smiths hammering at an object in turn
 preface;  introduction;  preamble
 everywhere;  all over;  throughout
 brow;  glabella;  middle forehead;  area between the eyebrows
 to hang one's head;  to droop one's head
 doubt;  question;  uncertainty;  skepticism;  scepticism;  suspicion
 out of control;  out of hand;  unmanageable
 to be badly made;  to fail
 correspondence (to);  equivalence;  suitability;  coordination;  dealing with;  coping with