(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
the right person in the right place
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
how many years; how long; what year
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
ji (ancient Chinese halberd)
hullo there!; way to go!; bravo!
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
without thinking of the consequences
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
I told you so; you see that?
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
trouble brought on by sins of forebears
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
renouncing the flesh or the world; becoming a priest; risking one's life for others
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; (lit.) fleeing is winning
at the last moment; this late in the game
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
year in, year out; always; 24-7
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster