true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk