word game; wordplay; playing with words
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to tear off; to strip; to rob
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
brightness; splendour; splendor
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
family; relatives; dependents; household
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
ago; since; before; previous
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
difference; variation; difference
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
cooperation; collaboration
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum