to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
silence (not speaking); muteness
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to thrust away; to send flying
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
walking briskly; determinedly
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
office and rank; an official rank
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
duty; obligation; responsibility
control; check; restraint; inhibition
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to pull one's hair back into a bun
long hair (usu. of a man)
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
dot; point; polka dots; dot; pixel
vertical line; vertical bar (symbol); bar line
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
average; ordinary; normal
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
body; physical system; (the) person
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
blocking the way; standing in the way
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
with a squirt; spurt; with a whoosh; zipping; with a sudden whistle (e.g. gust of wind)