one's course; one's path; one's road
level ground; plain; flatland
water shortage; shortage of water supply
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
to redraw (a line); to catch (a cold) again; to consult (a reference) again
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
consequence; result; conclusion
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
(arch.) countenance; (arch.) visage; face; honor (honour); dignity
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
for the first time in one's life
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
to look unconcerned; to assume a composed look
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
accountant; accounting clerk; cashier; treasurer
addition; adding; supplement
to have a smattering knowledge of
elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff
by sheer strength; by brute force
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
to extend (building); to build on
contrived; false-sounding