having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
negotiations; discussions; connection
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
continuously; throughout; in succession
breast; breaststroke; brainstorming
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
productive; constructive; meaningful
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
jingle; ding; ringing of small bells
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
since when; from when; how long
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
head; chief; boss; leader
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
(committee) chairman; president
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to be surprised; to be astonished
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction