out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
high-speed craft; high-speed vessel; fast ferry
hovercraft; air-cushion vehicle; ground-effect machine
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
common reed (Phragmites australis)
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
to name; to call; to christen; to term
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
failure; rejection; rupture
to be forward; to be impertinent
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to detain; to check; to restrain
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
way of talking; speaking style
one's house; one's home; one's family
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan
that is to say; so that means
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
life or death; existence; destiny
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
rational; reasonable; logical
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to spit out; to eject; to dump
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
simply put; putting it simply; in short