nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
musical composition; tune
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
countenance; features; looks
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
that's the way it is; such is life
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to look away; to avert one's eyes
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
ordinary person; unenlightened person
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
disgraceful; inauspicious; ill-omened; ominous; scandalous
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
emotion and reason; logic and emotion; justice and compassion (criminal justice context)
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role