adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
the ways of the world; human nature
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
opinion; intention; thought
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
called; known as; that; to say
gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
concession; conciliation; compromise
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
the same; the said; likewise
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
viscous; sticky; gluey; viscosity