bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
leave-taking; offering one's resignation; farewell visit
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
old house; deserted house
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
dwelling; house; residence; address
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to rank with; to rank among
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
like; similar to; same as
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
to have a talk; to tell a story
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...