reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)
quarantine; medical inspection
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
good correspondent; ready writer
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
three generations; three periods; third generation
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
Gael; Garr; Gehl; Gere; Gerle; Goehr
religious mendicancy; asking for alms; monk's begging; going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)
previous engagement; prior contract
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to become rustic; to be countrified
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
guesswork; speculation; hunch
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
unrefined sake; unfiltered sake; cloudy sake
information; making a report (to a superior)
one's manners; one's attitude
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
to loiter around; to wander about
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
to wish to go well; to have good intentions