one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
to get accustomed to using
specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill
plural; multiple; several
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
having gone too far to turn back
looking on; remaining a spectator
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
to tell a person (something) emphatically; to let a person have it
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to accept; to receive; to agree
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
obstinacy; atman; the self; the ego
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
independence; self-reliance
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
selection; choice; option
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in