distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
parent-child relationship
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to become excited; to be eager; to rouse oneself; to work oneself up
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
accurate; correct; precise; exact
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
hereabouts; around there; that area
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
mixed race; mixed parentage
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
alone; unaided; away from home
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
pinning technique (in wrestling or judo); underhanded dealings