shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
piercing (cold); biting (wind)
chamberlain; castle keeper
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
suspicious-looking; fishy
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
disadvantageous; long (odds)
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
unusual space; other dimension
charming figure; alluring figure
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
skill; dexterity; master hand
quickly; calmly; intently
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
abandoned child; foundling
biological parent; real parent
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration