camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
loop; shape of a hiragana "no"
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; (lit.) stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)
Ming dynasty (of China; 1368-1644)
silver nugget; silver ingot; silver bullion
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
making money; making a profit
to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
losing weight; slimming; lean person
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
lock-opening; lock-picking
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
sensational; inflammatory; incendiary; (sexually) suggestive; lascivious
it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; (lit.) not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
vulgar word; vulgar expression; vulgarism; profanity; swear word
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
classical elegance; antiquity
to become rounded; to roll into a ball