genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
(something) fickle; (something) very changeable
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
carving; engraving; chiselled features
scanning (e.g. TV); traversal
to express (in words); to confess
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness
lower region; lower part; region below
bashful; shameful; ashamed
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
deep inside; innermost place
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
middle period; medium-term
laboratory animal; experimental animal
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to take over; to hand over
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to finish reading; to read through
businesslike; professional
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer