waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
exceptional item; extraordinary product
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
thunderous roar; roaring sound
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
to become empty; to be emptied
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
untouched; unused; intact
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
adaptability; capacity to adapt; ability to adjust
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying