very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
of course; certainly; naturally
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
supervisory authority; regulatory authority; right of management; custodial right
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
conversely; on the contrary
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
patient; having a long fuse
that is to say; so that means
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)
the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
game brain; damage to the prefrontal region of the brain caused by excessive playing of video games; theorized by physiologist Akio Mori
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess