for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
demesne; estate; private land; private property
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
health preservation; recuperation; recreation
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
irritation; annoyance; frustration
concession; conciliation; compromise
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
for dear life; barely escaping alive
very interesting; of great interest
(clenched) fist; knuckles
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
servile character (disposition)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
accomplishment; execution
arrangement; pact; agreement
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
clearing one's throat; cough
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
court (of law); courtroom
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
guess; conjecture; surmise
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
furnishings; implements; equipment