touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
loving couple; couple of lovebirds; happily married couple (who are always together)
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
state of the war; war situation
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
inquisitive (e.g. look); questioning; quizzical; interrogative
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
and (also); both ... and; as well as
Her Majesty the Empress (of Japan)
their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
to increase in value; to gain prestige
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
raging fire; conflagration
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
insecticide; insect repellent
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
dozens; scores of; decades
enemy's strength or fighting power
largest class; top category
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to be softened; to calm down