pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
snake; serpent; large snake
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
first meeting; first interview with
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
whispering; murmuring; subdued
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
persistence; single-mindedness
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
outstanding work of calligraphy
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says