reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
explanatory; expository; elucidatory
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
to grant someone's request; to do a favour
burlesque; low comedy; farce
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
management; administration; operation
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to make up for; to compensate for; to offset
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to pretend; to act (as if)
natural; reasonable; understandable
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions); to get on the same page
from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; (lit.) from one to ten
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
every evening; every night
quite; utterly; really; completely
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
to have steady nerves; to gain courage; to become brave; to become confident
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid