happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
material; substance; matter
dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
direct connection; direct link
standing for a long time; remaining standing
(in the same way) as before; as always
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
two times; twice; two degrees
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to start to drink; to try to drink; to partially drink
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
distant look; faraway look
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize