mild; mild-mannered; gentle
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
even if not; even without
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to come from; to have roots in
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who does not like to make an effort
northernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
looking or acting as if one owned the place
to be relieved of one's post
deportation; expulsion from the country
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
welcome; (warm) reception