Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
Moon landing; lunar landing
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to rebuke; to scold harshly
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
(short) rest; breather; break
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
five-day workweek system; five-day school week system; system of having two days off in at least one week each month
even though; despite; when
striking technique performed at a distance from one's opponent
practising martial arts; training in martial arts
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
real bullet; live ammunition; live round; money (for bribery); cash