to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
charming; fascinating; attractive
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
invisibly; secretly; privately
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
counter for books; volume
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
journal; magazine; periodical
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
just you wait and see (as a threat)
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
comic books; comics; comic; comical
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
waste of time; killing time
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)