self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
drama; play; powerful drug
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
genuine; authentic; true; real
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
one's history as a performer
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
another meeting; meeting again; reunion