passing successfully (inspection, examination, etc.); passing through with no problems
proud; having a prominent nose
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
trouble; bother; annoyance
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
to have one's own way (against all reason); to push through an unreasonable idea
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
in history; ever; historical
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
quenching; hardening; tempering
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance