rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
urgency; exigency; emergency
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
celebratory banquet; feast
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
to understand; to comprehend
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
jam-packed (physically or of schedule, etc.); grinding noise; precisely; correctly (e.g. when working, etc.); Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)
to look up; to face upwards; to turn one's face upwards
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
oracle; revelation; divine message
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
onset of an illness; falling ill
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten
wandering; roaming; drifting
Nobody's Boy (1878 novel by H-H Malot); The Adventures of Remi; Sans Famille
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
leading (e.g. role); instructive; guiding
adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity
one's early days; little while
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training