evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
having said that; on the other hand
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
template; run of the mill; formulaic
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
environment; circumstance
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
curiosity; inquisitiveness
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
hey there; I say; see here
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to be entwined; to be involved
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)