dragon-head gargoyle; gutter spout
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
union; joining; conjugation
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
J; j; Japan; joule; jack; tatami mat (as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm); J.League
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
confidentially; privately; off the record
reality; actuality; hard fact
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
parliamentarian; member of a congress
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever