to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to say; to be called; to do
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
first meeting; first interview with
good impression; favorable impression
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to hate each other; to hate mutually
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to join forces; to cooperate
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
clearing one's throat; cough
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
being concerned about or mindful of
wisdom; intelligence; intellect