retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to be amused; to find something interesting
superior; superiors; senior
personality; style; appearance
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
maintaining the status quo
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot boss
domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
third day of the month; three days
curiosity; inquisitiveness
neighboring prefecture; adjacent prefecture
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
double; twice (as much); twofold
android; artificial human; robot
precision instrument or machine
local government employee; local civil servant
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
Buddhist priest who is also an important politician
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
lieutenant general; vice-shogun