false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
nonchalant air; unruffled air
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
scandal; deplorable event
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
comic strip with dramatic story
to be absorbed in reading
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
don't finish what you're saying; stop what you're saying
libertine; playboy; rake; lazy person
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
foreign enemy; outside invader
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
good old; good old-fashioned
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint
to blaze; to burn brightly
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
to think too much; to be over-concerned
right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank
left side; left-hand side
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
audience (with a person of high standing)
insolent fellow; rude fellow
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)