to smile (at); to grin (at)
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
meteor; shooting star; falling star
innumerable; countless; numberless
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
single word; a few words; brief comment
yelp; sales campaign; kiang (Equus hemionus kiang); kyang
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch