grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
dirty work; unpleasant task
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
legendary beast; magical beast
ranging through (mountains, fields, etc., looking for something); roaming over; searching far and wide; reading extensively
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
principal occupation; core business
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
in terms of; from the point of view of
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
black lustre; black luster
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
leathercraft; leatherwork
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
to understand from experience
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to be caught (of a wild animal or fish); to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to win (a title, prize, etc.)
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
prosperity; thriving; flourishing