elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
face-to-face talk; direct communication; direct dialogue; direct talk
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
connection; link; relationship
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
country; territory; domain; realm
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
pretext; pretense; pretence
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
semi-governmental; semi-official
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
on bad terms; at loggerheads
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)