to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
great laughter; burst of laughter
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest