fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to cry softly; to sob; to weep
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
using one's arms as a pillow
staying up all night; all-night vigil
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
flour; meal; powder; dust
trial product; prototype model
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
decorated cake; fancy cake
bûche de Noël; Yule log (cake)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
Swiss roll; jelly roll; roll cake
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to cut off; to lop off; to prune