going to and fro; back and forth
famous product; widely known (local) specialty
adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen); Job's tears; coixseed; tear grass; adlai
mining; digging; working (a mine)
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
store; reserve; stock; savings
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
exposure to wind; severe criticism
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
guess; speculation; supposition
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
studying abroad; travelling to study; traveling to study
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
away (game, goal, etc.); opponents' ground; unfamiliar surroundings; feeling out of place; enemy territory
feeling of a house or a room
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
manner of using one's hands
popular person; favorite; favourite
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt