purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
sailor suit; middy uniform; two-piece school uniform modeled after the sailor suit
boy's school uniform (usu. a black jacket with a stand-up collar and loose trousers)
tokkōfuku; type of long jacket worn by bōsōzoku biker gang members, etc.
scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband
to manage; to arrange; to see to (a matter); to consult (with); to talk (to)
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
dry field farming; dry field crop
making (something) known to everyone; publicizing as widely as possible; dissemination
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
severe; strict; tough; hard
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
treatment as a guest; guest
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
warrant; summons; written order
everywhere; all over the place; here and there; at every turn
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
to be handed down from generation to generation
one's party piece; parlor trick; hidden talent
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of