daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. lie); specious; seemingly truthful
grandfather; male senior-citizen
template; run of the mill; formulaic
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
guilty (e.g. of a crime); guilt-inducing (e.g. food); decadent
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing; messy hair; untied hair; unkempt hair
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to be heartbroken; to have one's heart break; to be overwhelmed with grief
to burst (open); to break; to split
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
to stare back at; to look back at
finished product; finished goods; completed article
rubbing; scrubbing; scraping
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
second generation; second; junior
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
to shut (someone) out; to leave out; to freeze out; to exclude; to ostracize; to give the cold shoulder
script; screenplay; scenario
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
there is no God!; it's a cruel world; (lit.) there is no god or Buddha
voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state