ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
remaining quantity; residual quantity
floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
flour; meal; powder; dust
numerator; molecule; member; element
tacit; unspoken; implicit
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
joint struggle; common (united) front
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
very great; enormous; serious
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
(arch.) Japan; the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
coming and going; traffic
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse