beautiful face; good looks; beauty
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
two times; twice; two degrees
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
custom; habit; customary practice
what time; (lit.) which hour
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
(social) position; status
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
orphan; person without friends
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
one day; (on) a certain day
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to become sinewy; to behave formally
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
Minister of State (Zhou-dynasty China)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate