step; stride; counter for steps
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
nursing; caring for the sick; deathwatch; attendance at a deathbed
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
and yet; despite (all) that
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)
keen eye; sharp eye; keen insight; keen perception
to behave buggily (of software); to act up; to behave strangely
finishing in one go; completing in one sitting; (doing something) in a single breath
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
to look down on; to make light of
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock; to make fun of
besides; in addition; also; moreover
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
self-torturing; masochistic