proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
slim; slender; slight; delicate
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
adoration; admiration; devotion
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
admiration; being impressed (by)
dubbing; mixing; re-recording; copying (recorded material, esp. from one audio cassette to another); dubbing
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
boarding gate (airport); aircraft door
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
to jump up and down; to hop
joy; enjoyment; delight; pleasure
party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
effective medicine; well-known medicine
long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight; wrong; improper; indecent