bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
professional killer; hit man
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
older brother and younger sister
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
confusion; distraction; derangement
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
Western brute (esp. American and British); Western savage
General Douglas MacArthur
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
American soldier; US serviceman; US servicewoman
open; spacious; extensive
president's office; director's office
secret military agency; secret service
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely