practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
estimation; criticism; comment
to speak ill of; to disparage
physical work; manual labour (labor)
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
queen; queen; queen (chess piece); Queen (highest title for female players in competitive karuta)
(doing things at) one's own pace; (doing things) one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
forced repatriation; deportation
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
suffix appended to someone else's family members
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank