to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
social life; social intercourse
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to polish up; to shine up
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to pass (of time); to elapse
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
by myself; in person; by oneself
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
all; entire; whole; altogether
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
cooperation; collaboration
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
ago; since; before; previous
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute