putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
unique; original; individual; unusual
master; teacher; stable master
one's younger days; when one was young
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
survival; survivor; relic
grandfather; male senior-citizen
embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing; dressing oneself; putting on clothes
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.); to live in; to become a live-in employee; to become a resident (of an institution)
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; kiseru; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
thorough; exhaustive; complete
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
influencing (a person) for good
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
rebellion; great uprising
deceased; late; dead; departed
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
causing a stir; causing a commotion; making a fuss; troublemaker; person who causes a stir
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute