beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
dry riverbed; river beach
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
one way or the other; either way
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
dyeing; dyed goods; goods to be dyed
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
and yet; though; when; in spite of
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
homeless person; vagabond; tramp