suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
just the other day; quite recently
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
formal; orthodox; in earnest
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
two departments (under the ritsuryo system: the Dept. of State and the Dept. of Worship)
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
businessman; industrialist
marriageable age; chance of marriage
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
voluptuous; fascinating; beautiful
to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize
to be opposite; to face each other
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
woman well past her prime; matron well-advanced in age
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
genuine article; real thing; real deal
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
fake beauty mark; drawn-on beauty spot; tattoo
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
serious look (on one's face); straight face
questions and answers; dialogue
lateral; sideways; (from) side to side
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)