awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
precocity; early ripening; premature development
bad influence; negative influence
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
gochujang (Korean red chili paste)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
turning evil into good through proselytization
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
casual speech; peer language; informal language
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
fine tea; brand-name tea; famous tea; choice tea; well-known brand of quality green tea
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
hostility; animosity; enmity
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
endurance contest; test of endurance
modesty; humility; being humble
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
hotel expenses; expenses incurred during a stay