southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); chili pepper; nanban
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
succeeding; following; trailing; next
to beckon (to); to invite; to give orders
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
skeleton (of a vertebrate, ship, building, etc.); transparency (revealing the inner workings of a device); translucency; skeleton (sport); skeleton (code)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
wounded person; injured person
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
old friend; old acquaintance
man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
surely; upon my word; by Jove; (with neg) by no means; never
to know (someone); to think; to believe
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
improvement of relations; rapprochement
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing