to have time free; to have time to spare
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
top notch; first rate; top-of-the-line; leading
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
(about) medium; middle; average
reputation; respectability
Frederick; Frederic; Frederik; Flederique; Fredelic
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
suicidal tendency; suicidal wish
lately; recently; these days
member of an entourage or retinue or party; attendant
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to go with the flow; to go with the times
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
unrestrained; unreserved; candid; frank
negotiation team; negotiating body
protracted war; war of attrition
being a match for thousands; being a mighty warrior (combatant)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
but; however; although; though
do not shoot straight for the top; he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin; (lit.) if you want to shoot the general, first shoot his horse
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn)
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride; (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter
grated daikon; daikon grater
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
day of month; counter for days
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf