flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
change; alteration; modification
marks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention; emphasis mark; guiding marks written beside kanji to facilitate reading of kanbun
circulation; dissemination
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
contradiction; inconsistency
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
posterity; future generations; future life
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
stepwise; one step at a time
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
lethal weapon; deadly device
discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
at first; in the beginning; originally
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other