posterity; future life; life to come
knowing; (an) acquaintance
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
region; limits; stage; level
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to publish a book; to put out a book
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation