bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
several times (as large, over)
teacher; instructor; professor
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
furnishings; implements; equipment
rearrangement; reallocation; realignment; relocation
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
sense of humor; sense of humour
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to comb down; to smooth down
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
one's home country; one's homeland
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
on the sea; surface of the sea
spine; backbone; spinal column
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure