to be flexible; to be accommodating
to not believe one's ears
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
person who is hard to please; difficult person; grouch; sourpuss
carelessly; inattentively
to hammer out the details; to work out details
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
adopted daughter; foster daughter
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
heaven and earth; top and bottom
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment
hair on the back of one's head
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to hold something reverently with both hands
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
remaining silent; keeping secret
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
squad leader; group leader; team leader
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away