challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
inheritance; something given or received
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
dead person; deceased person
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
still better; even better
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
together; mutually; reciprocally; adds a nuance of solemnity or formality
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
to check; to stop; to keep back
job application form; employee satisfaction
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
knowledge; information; opinion; view
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
to let (a person) pass first
talk; dialogue; conversation
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
to go through formalities
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
interested person; volunteer; supporter
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
yourself; himself; herself
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows