impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift)
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to keep to oneself; to keep secret
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
depravity; corruption; degradation
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
24 hours; twenty-four hours
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
on the street; around town; the world; the public
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to dazzle; to make dizzy; to bewilder
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
(most) important; principal; pivotal; key; cardinal
collecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionism