school district; school area
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
voice quality; type of voice
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to have meaning; to be meaningful
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to have a talk; to tell a story
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
way; method; means; resource; course
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
real hair; one's own hair
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
communication with the dead
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
older brother and younger sister
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
don't worry about it; forget about it
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...