beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
publication in a new format or binding; special edition
realistic; graphic; true to life
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
information gap; digital divide
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
direct unforked road; straight path
sequel; later development
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
as a child; when one was a child
all times and places; all ages and countries
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
social; societal; societary
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
standard; set; routine; decided
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
ill will; malice; evil intent
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)