discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
borrowing without returning
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
I told you so; you see that?
very hungry; starving; ravenous
call; summons; convening; convocation
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
property; fortune; assets
anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
preparations for returning (home)
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
skill involving the hands; craft
extract (of plants, meat, etc.); essence; concentrate; concentrated stock
like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
washing (somebody else's body); scrubbing each other
softness; gentleness; weakness
to slide down; to slip down
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
six nines (i.e. 99.9999%); sixty-nine (sexual position); soixante-neuf; 69
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
variant edition (of a book); alternative version; different manuscript; strange book; rare book; unique book
pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly
scrubbing; getting grime off