(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
a long time (since the last time)
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
technical; specialist; professional; exclusive
very; extremely; exceedingly
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
falling asleep; going to sleep
one's figure during sleep
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; introduction (to); primer; entering through a gate
tree onion (Allium x proliferum)
natto (fermented soybeans)
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
to do for (the sake of someone else)
another thing; other things; another man's property
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
for today; for the time being
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
resonance; sympathetic vibration
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
roadside trees; row of trees
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken