brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
deep emotion; strong feelings
to bring back; to restore
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
one end; an end; part; fragment
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
profitable plan; good plan
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
sense of smell; olfaction
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
to blunt; to dull; to weaken
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind