to keep (a person) waiting
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
self-torturing; masochistic
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to fall off; to tumble down
excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference
Buraiha (post-WWII group of dissolute Japanese writers); Decadent School
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to some extent; to a certain extent
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to follow; to conform; to apply to
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
rumor of a romance (rumour)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade