skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
with these words; while saying
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
January; first month of the lunar calendar
February; second month of the lunar calendar
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to begin to speak; to begin to explain
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to feel sick; to be nauseated
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
not yet known; unknown; strange
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
state of mind; mentality; psychology
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
posterity; future life; life to come
advantages and disadvantages; pros and cons
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
difference; discrepancy; variation
death penalty; capital punishment
without; unless; have to do
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
failure; mistake; blunder