calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to say; to be called; to do
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
instead; but (on the other hand)
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
give-and-take; give and take
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
in one's own way or style
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
loanword; foreign-origin word
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
arrangement; pact; agreement