My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
maintenance; preservation; improvement
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
welcome!; nice to see you!
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to part left and right; to open out
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
sour look; surly face; pout
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)