manicure; nail polish; nail varnish
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
the very best; excellent; superb
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
sexual arousal; sexual excitation
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
use; utilization; utilisation; application
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
by means of; due to; because of; according to
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to collect; to assemble; to gather
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
experience; history; record; career
all present; all concerned; all of us
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
royalty and titled nobility
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally