same country; same province; the (said) country
minor cosmetic surgery; nip and tuck
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
God bless me!; Good heavens!
major change; major transformation
licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
being without a name; being nameless; namelessness
to become bright; to become clear
isn't it; right?; you know?
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts
unification of the whole country
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
thick makeup; heavy makeup
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
parent-child relationship
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
raging fire; conflagration
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
white stone; white (go pieces)