gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to let slip; to slide; to glide
secret base; hideout; hidden position
serious; severe; grave; acute
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
practice; practising; experience
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
papier mâché; player who is not a dealer (in cards)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
preface; introduction; preamble
everywhere; all over; throughout
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
to be badly made; to fail
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with