folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
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)
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
how can (one) do something
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
literally; to the letter; literal
to meet face-to-face; to discuss unreservedly
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
bolt from the blue; great surprise
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
I see; that's right; indeed
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
independence; self-reliance