polish; improvement; burnishing
to make one's rounds; to patrol
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
Japanese-style bookbinding
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
temporary (paper) binding
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
with a chuckle; with a giggle
tear gland; lacrimal gland
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
festival merrymaking; revelry
preparations for a journey
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
disfavor; disfavour; disinheritance
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
simmer; bubble out; flow out
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
offender; criminal; culprit
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
death penalty; capital punishment
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
(within a) territory; domains
to express (in words); to confess
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos