lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to press a question; to cross-examine
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
ensemble; harmony (between performers); coordination; ensemble (of clothes); outfit
water and ink; ink painting
clothes made from jersey cloth; cutsew
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
narrow; thin (sized); slender
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
opening (of a bottle); broaching; beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales)
dental calculus (calcified deposits that accumulate on the teeth); tartar (of the teeth)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
woman; female; feminine gender
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
in one's own way or style
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
innumerable; countless; numberless
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
difficult to ...; hard to ...
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)