cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
senior executive staff; upper management
arrow wheel (decorative windmill on the pole on which carp streamers are raised)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
falling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
in case of; at that time; at this time
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
last night; yesterday evening
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
deep emotion; strong feelings
hello; good day; good afternoon
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
naivete; simplicity; innocence
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with