front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
leaving everything up to someone else
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
judgment; judgement; discernment
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
second marriage; remarriage
memory; ability to remember
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
slow; gradual; steady; calm; composed; relaxed
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
three parts; three copies
since when; from when; how long
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
drawing and manual arts (school subject)
colored pencil; coloured pencil
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
Dragon Quest (game) (abbr)
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade