unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull
refreshment; something refreshing; welcome relief; tonic; refreshing medicine
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat; half the sky; mid-air; middle of the sky
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
hundred times; hundred degrees
unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
preliminary step; first step
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo (mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams)
religious abstinence; purification
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
extreme north; North Pole; utmost limit; breaking point
questions and answers; dialogue
assistant language teacher; ALT; foreign national serving as an assistant teacher of English in a Japanese classroom; alanine aminotransferase; ALT
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage
esoteric Buddhist ritual in which incantations are chanted; magic
carelessly; inattentively