front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
older brother; elder brother
arrogant; haughty; insolent
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
pointing out; identification
several times; a few times
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
to have one's name entered (in a list)
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
family; relatives; dependents; household
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills