seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
statue; picture; picture revealing character
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
personality; style; appearance
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
ascetic practices; ridding oneself of desires for food, clothing and shelter; religious medicancy; mendicant monk; sack; carry-all bag
accomplice; co-conspirator
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
context (of a passage); line of thought; context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
agreement; stipulation; contract
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
sense of duty (obligation)
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
doorknob; door knob; door handle
bored; having nothing to do; idle
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
in public; in company; in the presence of others
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance