air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
at the time; in those days; then
personality; character; individuality; personhood
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
inheritance from a parent (property, trait, physique, etc.)
progress; advance; improvement; development
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
childhood friend; old playmate
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
safety; welfare; well-being
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
self-defense; self-defence
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
accidentally; in error; by mistake; by accident
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to be determined or strong-willed
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
surroundings; circumference
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness
to shade one's eyes with one's hand (blocking sunlight, looking afar, etc.)
postman; mailman; mail carrier; letter carrier; postie
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral