average; mean; balance; equilibrium
mask; disguise; guise; mask
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
towering; astonishingly high
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; introduction (to); primer; entering through a gate
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
acceleration; speeding up
figurative expression; metaphorical expression
locals; local inhabitants
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
sincere; honest; faithful
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to go ahead; to pull ahead
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
female friend; woman friend
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)