to wear glasses; to put on glasses
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
first sign of the Chinese calendar
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
family; relatives; dependents; household
head of family; head house; sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator
to care for someone; to look after someone
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
to wash away; to rinse off
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
curse; spell; malediction
a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull