real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
to provide; to arrange; to install
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
chestnut (horse coat color)
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
village headman; village mayor
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
timid; fainthearted; weak-willed
to intervene; to stop (something)
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
cap (hat); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to be greedy; to devour greedily
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
chatteringly; wittering on; prattling on; blathering on
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of