(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; intently; earnestly; single-mindedly; trudgingly; ploddingly
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
to say; to be pleased to say
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
raising (of animals); rearing; keeping; domesticated; domestic; pet
showman who trains performing monkeys
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
dragon god; dragon king; naga
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
undergarment; underwear; lower garment (e.g. trousers)
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
abstruse; occult; mysterious
gold leaf; gold foil; beaten gold
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence; far-fetched argument; arguing against all reason
being startled; getting a shock
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state