series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
of course; certainly; naturally
shaku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml; shaku; traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
Zen monk's early morning meal; refreshment; cakes; simple Chinese food; dim sum
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to rock; to shake; to swing
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to emphasize; to attach importance to
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
by your leave; with your permission
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages