fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
journey; route of a journey
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
front entrance; front door
open; spacious; extensive
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to stop walking; to pause
minimum limit; the lowest degree (possible, allowable, etc.)