as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday
to be late; to be unpunctual
death penalty; capital punishment
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
previous engagement; prior contract
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
personal; individual; private
singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
3000; three thousand; many
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle); hideous face
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
advance; moving forward; progress
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
sexual desire; physical love; Eros (Greek god); Eros (asteroid); event-related optical signal; EROS
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
to get accustomed to using
classification; categorization; sorting
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
much less; to say nothing of
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how