comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
people; men and women; each person; everybody
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
speech; expression; wording; language
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
everywhere; at every turn
well-bred; of good upbringing
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
instead; but (on the other hand)
way of speaking; intimation
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to be surprised; to be astonished
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly