insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
contraception; birth control
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
the sun; Sol; providence; heaven; god
to kill; to choke the life out of
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
freezing weather; cold weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
quickly; calmly; intently
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
cartoon-character costume
special effects; SFX; tokusatsu; genre of live-action film or television that makes heavy use of practical special effects
traditional art; traditional performance art
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
tabi; traditional split-toe socks
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt
mask; striking the head (kendo)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure