reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to make a speech; to address
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
second (unit of time); arc second
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
admiration; wonder; astonishment
physical culture; bodybuilding (body development, not necessarily weightlifting)
princess; daughter of a nobleman
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to stare back at; to look back at
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
another thing; exception; special case
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse