apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
arrangements; preparations
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
good policy; wise policy; best plan
for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to); (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime
natural; reasonable; understandable
prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
spreading Buddhist teachings
what a joke!; don't make me laugh!; to split one's sides laughing; to be convulsed with laughter; (lit.) to boil tea with one's navel (using the heat generated by laughing)
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
present (brought by a visitor); gift
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
the place where one is sent on an errand
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
Tsutaya; Tsutaya (bookshop)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister; bitch; Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture); Amazon (online retailer)
common name; popular name; secular name; bad reputation
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
what's what; heads or tails
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
work style; way of working
notice; attention; observation
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
gelidium jelly strips (made from agar-agar); prostate orgasm
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)