insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
nonviolence; non-violence
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to talk together; to chat together
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
true character; real nature
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
modesty; self-control; discretion
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
ignorant of the ways of the world
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
pretext; pretense; pretence
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color); unbleached; undyed
quick work; (clever) feat
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
total energy; all efforts
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
deep emotion; strong feelings
to torment; to torture; to harass
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
unconditionally; as a rule
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis
knowing; (an) acquaintance
having a habit of stealing things; being light-fingered
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply