one act (of a play); scene; event
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
complicity (in a crime); collusion
to talk; to chat; to chatter
image; figure; figure; form; image
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
at least; at most; (even) just
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
description; describing; depicting
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to knead well; to polish; to refine
descendant; progeny; offspring
to make frantic efforts; to make an all-out effort; to try desperately
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
great cause; moral law; justice
to lose sight of; to miss
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
to get benefit from; to profit from; to gain benefit
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)