thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
corrosion; etching; action of acid; rot; rust; erosion
calamity; disaster; accident
even if not; even without
proud; triumphant; boastful
coincident with; while; simultaneously
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
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
very; much; greatly; a lot of
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
intelligence or information network
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
index finger; forefinger; second toe
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
of course; certainly; naturally