(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
fall; drop; descent; coming down
spot; point; place; position
carrying (someone) in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to lose one's senses; to go mad; to go off the rails; to fool around; to mess around; to lark about
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
being adopted into the family of one's bride
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
to turn against; to become an enemy
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
blood relationship; blood relative
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
progress; advance; improvement; development
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
parting ways after a quarrel
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language