bright red; crimson lotus flower
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
certainly; surely; definitely
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
preface; introduction; preamble
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
head start; initiative; preemption
maximum; max; mux (multiplexor)
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
entry (event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (blog, database, etc.); post
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
haori (Japanese formal coat)
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
leaving everything up to someone else
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
leather; leather-bound; leathern
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter