imposing stance; daunting pose
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
cake served with tea; teacake
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
one's share; one's portion
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
manner of using one's hands
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.); cartoon meat
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
tool; implement; means; furniture
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to make a list; to enumerate
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
how have you been?; (lit.) nothing (untoward) has happened, has it?
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for
elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff