setting up an environment; creation of an environment
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
older employee who does not have much actual work
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
extensive knowledge; erudition
rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; NATO
fast pushing (of a button)
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
to triumph; to be elated with success
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
Kenchō era (1249.3.18-1256.10.5)
remaining; left-over; excess
king; monarch; ruler; champion
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
same score; deadlock; tie; draw
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter