busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
reconciliation; make peace with
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
to beat time; to mark time
official business; public business
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
Homer sometimes nods; (lit.) even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
the pot calling the kettle black; (lit.) the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
sticky; stiff; tenacious; persistent
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
temple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper