firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
to beat time; to mark time
official business; public business
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
anyone can make a mistake; Homer sometimes nods; (lit.) even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
the pot calling the kettle black; (lit.) the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
temple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
bent back; hunchback; stoop