delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
finally; in the end; on top of all that
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
turning point; transition phase
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
(having) life-and-death power (over)
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
all present; all concerned; all of us
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)