to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
each nation; many nations; many countries
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
walking heavily; lumbering
hooting; jeering; heckling
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to become seriously ill; to catch an incurable illness; to become a slave of a habit
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
very loose; slowly; leisurely
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
growing thickly; growing densely
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles