intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to flourish briefly (esp. before retiring or stopping); to have a day in the limelight; to have a stint of success
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
under; underexposure; underdevelopment; under par
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
ornament; decorative object; figurehead; leader without real power
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
every person; each one; everybody