surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
one thin flat object; one sheet
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
explosion; rupture; break off
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to appease; to suppress; to calm
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious