samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
cripple; disabled person; invalid
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
master; teacher; stable master
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
low dining table; tea table
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
safe; vault; storage cabinet
although I say; although one might say; although called
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
eighth day of the month; eight days
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
suffix for familiar person
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you