handful; small amount; small number
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
sales promotion; hard selling
deed; act; work; performance
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
big talk; boasting; bragging
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
lacking talent or ability
to polish up; to shine up
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives; uninhabited area
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
even more; still more; further
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage