white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
image of (an ideal) person
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
repeatedly; frequently; over and over; exceedingly; sincerely; very much
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
role of the villain; the bad guy
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
individual; one by one; separate; each
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity
taking care of one's sexual urges; sexual gratification
utmost limits; extremity; limit
adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation
majority group (party, faction)
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
grudge; complaint; reproach
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
freedom; free man; free woman