elegance; taste; refinement
serious illness; dangerous disease
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
profligate; licentious; of loose morals; emotional; passionate; sentimental
ugly man; (arch.) strong, brawny man
sex life; sexual activities
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
recital; recitation; public reading
master; expert; mansion; large house; rich family; distinguished family
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
autumn, the best season for enjoying art
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
imperial visit; imperial outing
special prosecutor (e.g. United States); special counsel
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
agricultural burning; setting a field ablaze
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
restoration (of an abdicated ruler)
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
to be clever; to be quick-witted; to be precocious
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to find fault with; to question
to step forward; to volunteer
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
to line up with; to be a member of; to rank with; to attend; to take part in
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
fortress; stronghold; citadel
lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position; duty-free; tax-free
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
irresolution; indecision; vacillation
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
windings; meanderings; complications; twists and turns