mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
separate case; another matter; different matter; another project
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
convention; tired tradition; old custom
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
spontaneous birth; goblin; monster
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
wild flower; paper flowers (esp. as decoration at a funeral)
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
great treasure; Taihō era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihō era; great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.); homa-mandala (fire altar)
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
intuition; instinct; hunch
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
national costume; folk costume; native dress; traditional dress
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
be (that) as it may; having said that
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
to put one's strength into
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
plump; fat; thick (e.g. curry); full (e.g. lips)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)