calm; composed; leisurely
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
unicorn; narwhal; qilin (Chinese unicorn)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
archery; mapping; map; morphism
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
individual; private person; personal; private
several people; a few people
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off