in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
it seems so; that's what it looks like
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
naked dance; dancing naked; striptease; strip show
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
good news; happy news; glad tidings
towering; astonishingly high
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
total blockage; complete shutdown; stopping completely; shutout
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
descendant; progeny; offspring
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)