child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
to prostrate oneself before
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
moderate; proper; just right
sommelier; wine steward; wine expert at a restaurant who advises guests on a choice of wines
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
sour cocktail (oft. carbonated); sour (taste)
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
same text; same wording; same script; same language
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
Hydrangea macrophylla var. thunbergii (variety of bigleaf hydrangea); sweet hydrangea leaf; hydrangea tea
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
power balance; balance of power
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
litchi (Nephelium litchi); lychee
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
this is why; this means; it is the case that