secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
depravity; corruption; degradation
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
versatility; multiplicity of use
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
trauma (usu. psychological)
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for