photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
postwar period; period after Second World War
to rebuild; to reconstruct
preface; foreword; introduction
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
bar code; comb over (on a balding man); combover
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to look away; to avert one's eyes
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
phantom; vision; illusion
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
one end; an end; part; fragment
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
last week; the week before
president (of a society); chairman
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture