to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
in the end; at the end of the day
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
last line of a poem; finally
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
several sheets (flat objects)
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
loud shout; excited cheering
creation of heaven and earth
mutation; change; vicissitude
smooth (of hair, skin, etc.); glassy; silky; glossy
sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
puppy; whelp; magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
phylogenetic tree; genealogical tree; family tree; evolutionary tree; dendrogram
to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
what's what; heads or tails
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
ingredient; component; composition
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)