sleeping without turning over
experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
political strife (antagonism, conflict)
thick noodles; thick pasta
seats reserved for guests
to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
eighth (place, position, etc.); having eight eyes; having many eyes; (of a fabric) having a loose knit; lamprey; eight-holed arrow whistle
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
fit for use; available; operational; practicable; usable
point where one has to accept one's fate; point where one has to give up; state of resignation; resigned state
Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle)
deterrent effect; chilling effect; restraining effect
suckling; nursing; lactation
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; double stroke of good luck; perfect timing!; how convenient (for you to show up)!
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
four arithmetic operations; basic arithmetic operations
I couldn't care less; not caring less
full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand
possibility of participation; participation possibility