Japan hand (someone very knowledgeable about Japan)
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
cosmos; common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); defensive opening for shogi
anaconda (esp. the green anaconda, Eunectes murinus)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
cooking; food preparation
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
equality; uniformity; evenness
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way