command; lead; generalship; leadership
lodging; putting up at a hotel
offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
audience (with someone of high standing)
Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister; bitch; Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture); Amazon (online retailer)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
no exception; without exception; always the same
tuft of hair under the temple; sideburns; sidelocks
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
to make public; to bring to light
air of luxury; high class feel
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands
to hire; to lease; to requisition; to charter
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
to sniffle; to snuffle; to sob
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
moving from one battlefield to another; fighting on successive fronts; fighting in various battles
considerable; decent; suitably; reasonably; one matter; one field
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste