evening; early night hours
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
looking depressed; long face
trembling slightly; quivering softly; swaying gently; softly; springy
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
various containers; miscellaneous receptacles; small wooden plate on which offerings for a Shinto home shrine are placed
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
baking at a high temperature; firing (pottery); calcination
tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
chaps (in the skin); cracks
rim of bowl or vessel; peristome
outward-curving bowl rim; bowl lip curved outwards
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
to satisfy the requirements