white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
being startled; getting a shock
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
experiential; empirical; experimental
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
irony; rhetorical question
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to lead someone around by the nose
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names