to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
offense and defense; offence and defence
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
baton (of command); order; command; direction
not worth (getting angry about, etc.)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)
there; over there; that place; yonder; you-know-where
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
windless; calm; no-wind; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
troubled face; worried expression
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
this and that; one thing and another
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
Tsugaru (western region of Aomori Prefecture)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour
sunlight; rays of the Sun