to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
reason; logic; method; system; order
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
top of the head; vertex; parietal
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
literally; to the letter; literal
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
continuation; succession; series
responsibility; duty; obligation
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
detour; circumvention; turning movement
quarrel; dispute; argument
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter