good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; uplifting; upbeat
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
slight; thin; on the weak side
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
standing on one's feet for a long time
opposite side; other side; other party
by your leave; with your permission
to have the privilege of doing
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
true character; real nature
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known