Vocabulary

to set a watch; to post guards

period poverty; menstrual poverty

Dirac sea

to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend

presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language

gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless

to feel relaxed; to be soothed

sugi spider mite (Oligonychus hondoensis)

to show tact (in relationship matters); to be considerate (e.g. of a couple); to be thoughtful

to go fast; to drive fast; to speed

salted fermented bonito guts

not meshing (of people, organizations, etc.); not seeing eye to eye

to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack

to mesh (of gears); to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)

for the present; for the time being

you say tomato, I say tomato; (your) Goethe ("Gyoete") is whom I call Goethe ("Gēte")

the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest

the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest

no penalty; no punishment; acquittal; impunity

to stand under a waterfall (as spiritual training)

the past is the past; let bygones be bygones

to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

life and death

room used by political officials (Edo period)

to get excited

to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead

to wait for an opportunity

to make out a check (cheque); to write out a check

to put it in an extreme way; to put it in extreme terms

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)

to vaccinate; to get vaccinated; to get a vaccination

to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)

sacrificial goat; scapegoat

(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way

at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)

without delay; promptly; immediately; forthwith

to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)

to return home loaded with honors; to return as a hero; to put on fine clothes