diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to lie down; to throw oneself down
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
outsider; someone outside of a group
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
window; window (shop display)
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
black ground; black cloth
sequence; progression; several lines; several rows
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
jingling; (sound of) many people clapping together; healthy; robust; concluding successfully; (arch.) boiling (of water)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
to have an eye on; to zero in on
around the world; throughout the world
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle