to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
band-man (member of a musical band); bandsman
real hair; one's own hair
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
snake; serpent; large snake
stirring; slight movement
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
pointing out; identification
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to offend someone; to give offence; to hurt someone's feelings
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to apologize; to apologise
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person