to be busy at work; to work diligently
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to hold tightly; to hold firmly
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
tour round the country (Japan) (visiting from province to province)
to apologize; to apologise
no!; no no!; no, not at all
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
divine nature; spirituality
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to watch over; to watch attentively
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
field; plain; prairie; moor
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to finish washing; to wash well; to investigate thoroughly
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement