Vocabulary

the art of classical Japanese poetry

welcome (new year, new spring, etc.)

knowledge is power

suit your speech to the audience

to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted

small-minded; petty; cowardly; chicken-hearted

eerie; spooky

to be evicted

watch your step; slippery floor

intrusive person; being intrusive; a tinker's shoulder pole

beyond comparison; incomparable

to receive too many blessings; to be excessively favoured; to be too good for

to make a false accusation; to invent a pretext for a quarrel

find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)

regret for not appreciating one's parents when they were alive

to know much of the world

to have aged without having accomplished anything

to be on the brink of death

cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through)

to make a cutting remark; to stab someone with a short blade

don't dwell on the past; let bygones be bygones

to lead (a man) around by the nose

imminent danger; impending hardship

to bribe

to lead (a man) around by the nose

to ensconce oneself (e.g. in a chair); to settle oneself down; to plant oneself

to wheedle a person into doing something

to etch into one's mind; to remember well

to be confused; to be baffled; to be dumbfounded; to be bewildered; to be bewitched by a fox

small person acting arrogantly on someone else's authority; person who borrows the authority of another to browbeat others; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger

like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks

trusting a cat with milk; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; (giving) rice boiled with adzuki beans to a fox

good thing; nice thing

to make a cutting remark; to kill someone with a short blade

nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for

not doing as one is told; disobedient; unruly

unusually; extraordinarily; uncommonly

to leave one's seat

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)