technique; art; skill; move
without cause; without reason
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
maintenance; preservation; improvement
confidentiality; nondisclosure
way of talking; speaking style
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
contrived; false-sounding
not caring; not giving a damn
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
true character; real nature
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
pigment; paint; colour; color
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
original picture; key frame; key animation
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
overestimation; overvaluing
term of validity; expiration date (of medicine, credit card, etc.)
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma