complexion; colour; color; blood red
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
sweet and sour; bittersweet
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
protest; refutation; pleading
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
to follow another's example
distinction; differentiation; classification
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
treating (someone) like an object
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
something like ...; something called ...
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
parliamentarian; member of a congress
scandal; deplorable event
political measures; policy
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow