stubborn person; obstinate person; pig-headed person
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
educator; teacher; educationalist
ability; capability; skill
opportunity to show off; showplace
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
sign; indication; omen; symptom
topic of discussion; agenda
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
full throttle; full power
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to stay (at); to stop (at)
somehow; for some reason or other
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
to die a natural death (at an advanced age); to live out one's allotted span of life
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
life expectancy (at birth); average life span; mean lifetime
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude