My words

如実

にょじつ

ultimate reality, absolute truth, true situation, vivid depiction, actual conditions, actuality, reality, faithful representation

現れる

あらわれる

to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise, to be expressed (e.g. emotions), to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

懐かしい

なつかしい

dear, desired, missed

踏む

ふむ

to step on, to tread on, to experience, to undergo, to estimate, to value, to appraise, to rhyme, to inherit (the throne, etc.), to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)

入り組む

いりくむ

to be or become complicated

裏道

うらみち

back lane, byway, back street, unfair means, dishonest means

徳

とく

virtue, benevolence, profit, benefit, advantage

お徳な

O Toku na

virtuous

安売り

やすうり

discount, bargain sale, selling cheaply

駆けつける

かけつける

to run to, to come running, to rush (someplace), to hasten

迷い

まよい

inability to reach enlightenment, indecision, bewilderment, doubt, hesitation

経験者

けいけんしゃ

experienced person, person who has had a particular experience

見当

けんとう

aim, mark, estimate, guess, approximation, direction

呼び止める

よびとめる

to challenge, to call somebody to halt

引率

いんそつ

leading, commanding

初対面

しょたいめん

first meeting first interview with

堂々

どうどう

magnificent, grand, impressive, dignified, majestic, imposing, stately, fair, square, open, unashamed, brazen, grandly, boldly, confidently, fairly, squarely, unreservedly, brazenly

図々しい

ずうずうしい

impudent, shameless

感心

かんしん

admiration, Well done!

案内

あんない

information, guidance, leading, to guide, to show (around), to conduct

崩し的に

Kuzushi-teki ni

destructively

手ほどき

てほどき

initiation, induction, introduction, learning the basics

現在に至る

げんざいにいたる

to arrive at the present, to the present day

正直

しょうじき

honesty, integrity, frankness, honestly, frankly

得意

とくい

triumph, prosperity, pride, one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty, frequent customer (client, etc.)

沢山

たくさん だくさん

enough, too many, too much

相手

あいて

companion, partner, company, other party, addressee, opponent (sports, etc.)

不思議

ふしぎ

wonder, miracle, strange, mystery, marvel, curiosity

滑り込み

すべりこみ

being just in time, sliding

不快

ふかい

unpleasant, displeasure, discomfort