tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability
minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup
convenient; handy; useful
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality
fuel consumption; gas mileage
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
moving; changing residence; change of address
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
coming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
naturalization; naturalisation
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
death; decease; passing away
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904; Irish-Greek-born Japanese writer); Koizumi Yakumo
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
item; article; dish; course; finest item
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
double; two-fold; two layers; diplo-; dipl-
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger