tomfoolery; monkey business
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
brown; light brown; tawny
wearing one's hair knotted in the back
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
to comb down; to smooth down
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
modesty; humility; being humble
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
along; parallel to; in accordance with
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
advocate; proponent; supporter
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
regarding highly; attaching importance to
people; citizens; subjects; folk
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to blame; to find fault with
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
one by one; one after another; successively