great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
along the river; riverside
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
(a person's) appearance; looks
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
direct descent; direct line
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
ox-headed demon (in hell)
horse-headed demon (in hell)
in case of; at that time; at this time
to become experienced (after many years of practice); to become worn (through long use); to show its age
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to make an appearance; to show up
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; palanquin; litter; lower back; waist
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
leadership; initiative; spearhead
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre