allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
more than anything; above all else
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
attendance; presence; appearance
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
(how) many times; (how) often
to provide; to arrange; to install
every person; each one; everybody
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
sympathy; compassion; pity
prime of one's working life
leader; central personage
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
theatre; theater; playhouse
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
however; having said that; but
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely