third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
elegant; graceful; refined
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
Japan's best; number one in Japan
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to learn something through hearing
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
instead; but (on the other hand)
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
study; pursuit of knowledge
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
tendency; trend; inclination
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
deciding match; play-off; runoff
no!; no no!; no, not at all
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate