cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
sharp-edged tool; sharp weapon; convenience; facility; superior talent; outstanding ability
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person
counter for choices, options, etc.
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
bloody fool!; you idiot!; (true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
other things; the rest; leisure tasks
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree
Chinese name (often of plants and animals)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
it's audible but invisible; I hear voices but I can't see anybody
popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
quick-tempered; impatient
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
silently; hushed; in a still manner
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
village; hamlet; countryside; country
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
with a thud; with a flump; with a crash; (falling) heavily