monthly publication; monthly issue
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
day of month; counter for days
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
out of character; unlike one
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to rank next to; to come after
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)