service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
secrecy; highly classified information
sure; alright; fine; go ahead
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
talk about divorce or separation
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to come to a boil; to seethe (with rage, etc.); to be furious
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
custom; practice; convention; precedent
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period
super-sweet; sickly-sweet; overly kind; overly soft (on someone)
moneymaking; earning money
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
idealistic theory; unrealistic argument
to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
additional order; adding to an existing order
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
strengthening of relations
confusion; mixing; merger
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to blame; to find fault with
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something