agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
voluntary; optional; free; elective
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to fly around; to scatter
innumerable; countless; numberless
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
nothing but; none other than
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
at a young age; while still young
living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by