thick; bulky; massive; heavy
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
training; drill; practice; discipline
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
deed; act; work; performance
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
parents' partiality for their children; parents overvaluing their children
to prostrate oneself (before)
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
large build; large pattern
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
relations; members of extended family
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
establishing oneself in life; success in life
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
Katou Kiyomasa (1562-1611)