in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
very great; enormous; serious
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
domestic affairs; internal administration
leaving everything up to someone else
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
sorry; excuse me; thank you
dirt mound; dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
being upright and cleanhanded
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
every evening; night after night
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
spine; backbone; spinal column
to become pale; to turn pale
without leaving any trace
to move to tears; to draw tears; to evoke tears
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
to crack; to develop a crack
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
desperation; despair; self-abandonment