pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
people; men and women; each person; everybody
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
unique; peculiar; singular
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
lecture; sermon; preaching; scolding; preaching; moralizing
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
rather than; more ... than ...
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
secretive; mysterious; furtive; stealthy; clandestine; sneaky
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
after school (at the end of the day)
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to mix together; to blend; to compound
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
memories; recollections; reminiscence
you could say that; that might be so
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both