sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
bad pun; corny joke; worn-out joke; dad joke
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
adds force or indicates command
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
last night; yesterday evening
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
(arch.) small cedar; thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
trivial; not amounting to much
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
really; truly; indeed; good grief