four characters; four letters
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
attractive middle-aged man
older person with more life experience
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
touché; you've got me there
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
firstborn; first child; eldest child
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to make a fool of someone
in name only; titular; nominal
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
secret information; intelligence
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
coming out (as gay, etc.)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
wicked tongue; abusive language
just a handful; only a small number (of)
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)