doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
don't worry; there's no need to worry
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple
town girl; girl raised in a town
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
nothing but; none other than
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
in the same way as; just like
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
interference; intervention; meddling
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to put into effect; to put into practice
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge