degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
person who gives the right (correct) answer
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
creation; generation; formation; derivation
time axis; time basis; timeline
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
adjustment; coordination; regulation
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
mistaken answer or response
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
simple (e.g. matter); problem free; hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may