impertinent; impudent; cheeky
show; exhibition; spectacle
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
to force one's way through
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
close; intimate; on good terms
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
while surprised; suddenly
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
main theater of war; principal battlefield
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
how; in what way; I wonder
unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
pretension; conceit; hubris
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment