dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
rubber band; elastic band
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
habit of putting things off; truancy habit
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through
to lick something up; to lap something up
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
Japanese person; Japanese people
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
badness; evilness; bad; evil
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
enticement; inducement; attraction
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
postwar period; period after Second World War
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah