up until now; as recently as the present
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
charming; fascinating; attractive
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
military conflict; armed conflict
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
offensive (movement); aggression
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
again; once again; yet again
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
unexpectedly; surprisingly
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to stop (plug) one's ears
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
confections; sweets; candy; cake