whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
indeed; really; truly; very much
extensive knowledge; erudition
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
number of characters; number of letters
to order; to command; to appoint
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
to provide; to arrange; to install
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
main temple; main building of a shrine; alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
vitality; energy; dynamism
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
children's story; fairy tale
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all