affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
courting; wooing; making advances
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (of a geisha, prostitute, etc.)
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.