insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
official announcement; proclamation
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
transcendence; excellence; superiority
bribe; money under the table
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
swaying (with large slow movements); shaking
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
New Year's Eve; end of the year
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
traditional; conventional
way (of doing); manner; method; means
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
in the future; another day; later
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
everything; anything; nothing