to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
behind; in the rear; in back
roundhouse kick; turning kick
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
water and moon; the Moon reflected on the water; pit of the stomach; solar plexus
very great; enormous; serious
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
distinction; differentiation; classification
to be intimate with; to befriend
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
to find out; to discover; to locate
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
adult dog; fully-grown dog; mature dog