to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
quick change (of costume); quick transformation; turning suddenly into; (sudden) metamorphosis
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
cost price; purchase price; cost; production cost; manufacturing cost; prime cost
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
VIP; very important person
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
certain; definite; clear; credible
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
showing no sign of; not giving the slightest indication of; saying nothing at all about; not breathing a word of
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
better than nothing; better than none at all
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
to be born; to come into this world
order; command; life; destiny; fate
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended