legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
decision of a contest; finals
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
(suffering a) decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
water outlet; tap; faucet
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
such; like that; in that way
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
personage; person (deserving of respect)
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience
admiration; being impressed (by)
modesty; humility; being humble
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
honorific title; honorific term of address
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
superlative; extraordinary; mega; superdreadnought (class of warships)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
likability; favorability; popularity
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
shameless; shameless person
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness