oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to speak fluently; to be a good talker
essence; true nature; substance; reality
mirror surface; lens surface
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
pink; erotic; blue; pornographic
pannier (clothing); hoop skirt
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
sailor suit; middy uniform; two-piece school uniform modeled after the sailor suit
soldier; combatant; warrior
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
grandfather; male senior-citizen
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance