recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
spread; span; expanse; extent
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
degenerate; pervert; deviant
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
bed of nails; bed of thorns; bed of needles
to sniff out; to catch the scent of
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
vitality; ability to earn a living
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
yes; wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
eye for people; ability to judge character
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
abstract concept; abstraction; abstract idea
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
security-related; from the stand-point of safety