Vocabulary

enduring; persevering

to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)

past redemption; sinful

hardness and softness

to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up

to provide (a person) with a bodyguard

in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

those who want it

to soften one's voice

very small

to keep (the matter) for another occasion

to withdraw from the presence (of the Emperor)

to play (a game of) go

to put stress on a word

to conclude one's speech

unconcerned air; nonchalant air; acting as if nothing had happened

to be accompanied by one's family

to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

the most extreme

to develop one's ability

to offer a cup (of sake)

to drink the cup dry

to catch fish

to become inverted; to become reversed

to go downhill; to go down a slope

to let (a person) pass first

to take (adopt) measures

to take measures

being a bad drunk

looking tipsy; seeming drunk

to press alcohol on someone; to urge someone to drink; to offer alcohol to someone

to run out of sake; to be out of sake; to run out of alcohol

face to face; between two persons

fortunate; happy; lucky

as following

to part left and right; to open out

to turn leftist

to establish a lead

to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)

the Sermon on the Mount