stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
magnetism; magnetic force
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
observation (by a crowd); (public) viewing; spectating; watching
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
appearance; demeanor; demeanour
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
what's what; heads or tails
of course; certainly; naturally
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
suddenly (appear, stick out, etc.); abruptly (happen); unexpectedly; looming (e.g. out of the dark)
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
autumn frost; fall frost; harshness; strictness; white hair; grey hair