(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
disorder; disturbance; unrest
box of sweets (usu. given as a gift)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
figurative expression; metaphorical expression
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public; (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; dancing platform (in a disco)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
audience; attendance; hearers
competing; competition; auction
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
to amuse oneself; to make merry
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
to hit hard; to strike hard
round; spherical; circular
to triumph; to be elated with success
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
trial; judgement; judgment
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up