barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
store interior; inside of a shop
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
left-hand radical of a character
trouble; bother; annoyance
trouble; bother; annoyance
forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail); deadheading (e.g. train)
older sister; elder sister
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
strike (i.e. industrial action)
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
extreme passion; wild enthusiasm
young literary enthusiast
two years later; year after next
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to grow up; to become an adult
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)