meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
one's post; place of work; workplace
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
weekly publication; weekly magazine
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
after a long time; for the first time in a while
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
correction; revision; amendment
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to be touching; to be moving
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky