beautiful woman; (a) beauty
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
light brown; golden brown
curse; spell; malediction
bad influence; negative influence
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
day by day; every day; by the day
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
healthy; sound; wholesome
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to take up space; to occupy space
to prowl after; to keep watch on
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
stepwise; one step at a time
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
naturally; of course; understandably
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to take flight; to disappear
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to be reminded of; to call to mind
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger