star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to shout (in anger); to yell
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
fancy dress ball; costume ball; masquerade ball
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
home; household; family; hearth
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
(someone else's) parents; both parents
daughter (esp. of someone of high standing); (another's) daughter
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
see-through (e.g. blouse)
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))