secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
to show off; to parade; to pretend
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
plane tree (any tree of genus Platanus)
church; chapel; synagogue; tabernacle
sour look; surly face; pout
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
everybody; every last one of them; all
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
for example; for instance; e.g.
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
absence; disregard; indifference
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
large triple gate to temple
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
on top of a tall building; balcony; upper floor
superb view; picturesque scenery
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani)
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot