to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
not necessarily so; is not always true
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
mask; disguise; guise; mask
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
genuine article; real thing; real deal
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
explanation; interpretation
selection; choice; option
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
Japanese syllabary; kana; aiueo
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
shrimp (infraorder Caridea); small shrimp, prawn or lobster
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
incident; affair; happening; event
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
how; in what way; by what means
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling