every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
to get help; to enlist aid
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
yellowish; tinged with yellow
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
bright; shining; clear; evident
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
strength; power; proficiency; ability
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
conviction; belief; confidence
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
Japanese Industrial Standards; JIS
to increase; to add to; to augment
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
about; concerning; related to; -ish
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
inside one's heart; in one's mind
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
house mouse (Mus musculus)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
trivia; snippet of knowledge
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely