(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
youthful; young; young-looking
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
trembling voice; quavering voice
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
(practical) business; business practice; business affairs; (actual) work
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to keep standing; to stand motionless
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
relations with one's relatives; socializing with relatives; treating a non-relative as family; being on close terms with someone as if they were a relative
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
completely; entirely; absolutely; not at all; not in the least
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
monjayaki; dish of pan-fried batter with various fillings
distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)