ronin; masterless samurai
employer's house; master's house
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
decline; fall; decay; withering
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
to win favour; to win favor
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity
genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
financial muscle; economic clout
famous utensil; excellent utensil; famed musical instrument (e.g. a Stradivarius); excellent musical instrument; excellent vagina; formidable vulva
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
living environment; habitat
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
the future; future prospects
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
serious error; gross mistake
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule