long time; several hours; long spell
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
unskilled; not very good at
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (esp. in an online game)
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)
humming a tune (while doing something else)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
the more one looks (at it) the more ...
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family
(being) among close family or friends only; private (gathering of intimates)
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal
one's (own) house; one's (own) home
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
heir; inheritor; successor
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
president (of a society); chairman
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
foreign car; imported car; paddle wheel