to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
number of persons; personnel
how long; how far; how much
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
simply; merely; only; solely
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
please; somehow or other; one way or another