proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
audience (with a lord, dignitary, etc.); interview; first (public) appearance; debut; trial service (of a servant); probation
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
two colours; two varieties; two types
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
from the beginning; from scratch
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to harm; to cause harm to
bent back; hunchback; stoop
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
that kind of; that sort of; that; like that; in that way; so
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter