barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
story of one's experiences
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
strategy meeting; council of war
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
to get late; to advance; to wear on
ropeway; cableway; aerial lift; cable car
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
cable railway; funicular (railway); cable car
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
(event) planner; (event, meeting) organizer; producer
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to gather strength; to take heart
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
agricultural burning; setting a field ablaze
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life