sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
easy to read; legible; clear
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
to brave a danger; to take a risk
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
host; landlord; innkeeper
calculated; premeditated; considered
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
to take back; to recapture
prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
mystical power inherent in words; spirit of language
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound