minor cosmetic surgery; nip and tuck
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
major change; major transformation
licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
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)
parent-child relationship
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
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
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
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
punishment; judgement; judgment
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
an issue being settled; a case being closed
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green (on a golf course)