jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
piece; fragment; one (object)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to keep a watchful eye on
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to distract oneself; to take one's mind off one's worries
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
jokingly; in the form of a joke
ability; capability; competence; skill
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
discussion; argument; debate
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
preference; priority; precedence
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
choices; alternatives; options
determination; resolution
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved