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
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
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
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 have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to follow; to conform; to apply to
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
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
a little bit; a little while
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
even for an instant; even as a joke
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group