lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
retail store; retail shop
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
leathercraft; leatherwork
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
loved one; lover; sweetheart
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
commander; general; leader
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
chimney sweep; chimney sweeper
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably