joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
field overseer; site foreman
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
to walk heavily and clumsily; to lumber
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
popular person; favorite; favourite
administrative ability; managerial ability; ability to manage; administrative capacity
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
man; male; masculine gender
for this very reason; that is exactly why
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
unmarried; not yet married
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
bipolarization; bipolarisation
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you