about when; about what time; how soon
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
the present year; at that time
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
big match; big game; important match; important game
participation; joining; entry
various families; various schools of thought
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
Ōshū (alternative name of the former Mutsu province)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
in accordance with one's request
to take flight; to disappear
great hurry; great haste; rush
letter; note; book; writings; literary arts; learning
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
urgency; exigency; emergency
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
posture; position; pose; attitude
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of; to take a tea break; to rest
low fence flanking a gate or entrance
acrobatics; risky undertaking
to hand (over); to deliver in person
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday