knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
cloistered rule; government by cloistered emperors
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
silent profile (in cell phones); silent mode; vibrate mode
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
exactly as stated; verbatim
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
fried prawns; fried shrimp
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
cabbage roll; stuffed cabbage
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
illumination; decorative lighting
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
transportation network; transport network; traffic network
to break down; to collapse; to fall apart
verbal message; word (from someone)
Holstein; German cow race
pistachio (Pistacia vera)
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste