office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
when it becomes; when it comes to
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
preface; introduction; preamble
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
curved; forming the shape of an arch
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
human; human-like; as a person
that's the way it is; such is life
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
throw; throwing; throwing event
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
castella (type of sponge cake)
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
in that way; like that; that way
stereotyped; stereotypical; invariable; like clockwork; regular
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
villain; baddie; the villain's part