dear (old); good old; longed-for; classic; nostalgic
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
famous sword; excellent sword
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
tea-ceremony procedures; skill at serving tea
both hands; both arms; ten
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
professor; teaching; instruction
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
equality; impartiality; evenness
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
difference; disparity; gap
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
I see; that's right; indeed
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
family; relatives; dependents; household
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder; to feel very cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bone; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.); to decline
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
risky speculation; big gamble; large bet
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times