custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
doing a job; riding and sweating up a horse
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
technique; art; skill; move
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
considerably; fairly; quite
great swordsman; master fencer
in comparison to; rather than
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup