absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly
image; figure; figure; form; image
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
specialization; specialisation
made in Japan; Japanese-made
slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
see-through sensation (for clothing); gauziness
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
sweet voice; seductive voice
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
foreign cinema; foreign film; a foreign movie
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
piece of evidence; evidence
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
heir; inheritor; successor