embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
borrowing without returning
worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
I told you so; you see that?
very hungry; starving; ravenous
call; summons; convening; convocation
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
arrangement; handling; measures; management; discretion
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
property; fortune; assets
(pent-up) anger; indignation; resentment; irritation
having no way to relieve (one's grief, mortification, etc.); unable to give vent to (one's anger)
preparations for returning (home)
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
patience; endurance; perseverance
bathroom antechamber; dressing room; sink area; changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
skill involving the hands; craft
extract (of plants, meat, etc.); essence; concentrate; concentrated stock
like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
relatively hot; fairly hot
washing (someone else's body); scrubbing each other
softness; gentleness; weakness