calm; composed; leisurely
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
one revolution; one rotation
what's that?; what the...
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
such; this sort of; like this
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
inking the outlines of a picture
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)