affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
handsome face; beautiful features
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
one's family; family member
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
very interesting; of great interest
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
going to and fro; back and forth
manner of using one's hands
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
other side; opposite side; other party
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
from the beginning; from scratch
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
changing completely; transformation
chief; main; principal; important
most difficult; next to impossible
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information