house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to follow another's example
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to be profitable; to yield a profit
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
pure heart; naivete; innocence
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
companion; partner; spouse
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
present continuous tense; present progressive form
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
to complain; to lodge a complaint
to be boiled; to be cooked
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame