to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
mask; striking the head (kendo)
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to someone's name
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
to understand; to make out
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
speech; expression; wording; language
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
script; libretto; scenario
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
contrived; false-sounding
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
row of teeth; set of teeth; dentition
imperious; proud; heavy (nasal breathing)
all together in a line; all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; underdressed for the occasion
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence
to check; to stop; to keep back
shallowish; somewhat shallow; on the shallow side; rather shallow
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel; to jostle (with)
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged
tissue paper; toilet paper