bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
stylish; smart; (hair) dressed in a Western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
person of culture; cultured person
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
training (animals); breaking (animals)
powerful person; influential person
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
in this manner; in this way; like this
with a thump; (hanging) straight down
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
good; goodness; right; virtue
ostentation; show; affectation
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
coquetry; flirtatiousness; flattery
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
Buraku Liberation Movement
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes