daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
refining; refinement; smelting; training
right in the middle (of); midst; height
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
to be free; to be available
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
not the norm; foolish; stupid
to hold fast; to protect to the end
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
keeping house; being confined to one's house
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
in this manner; in this way; like this
sitting upright (properly)
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless