to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to be extremely polite; to show the utmost courtesy; to do everything required by etiquette
to save; to leave over; to spare
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
well-cured sake; last year's sake; old sake
looter; plunderer; pillager; marauder
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
ability; capability; skill
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
general; popular; common; typical
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
imagination; supposition; guess
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
old body; aged person; elderly person
foundation stone; cornerstone
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to make sense; to be meaningful
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to be too numerous; to be too much