to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
minority group (party); minority
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
to affect; to impact; to influence
equality; impartiality; evenness
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
be (that) as it may; having said that
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
not necessarily so; is not always true
same country; same province; the (said) country
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses; biased view; preconceived view
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
sincere; honest; faithful
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
to unfold; to unroll; to open
extract (of plants, meat, etc.); essence; concentrate; concentrated stock
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
persecution complex; paranoia
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
jokingly; in the form of a joke
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
please; somehow or other; one way or another