easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
disaster relief operation; disaster relief mission
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to knead well; to polish; to refine
heaven and earth; top and bottom
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
finishing blow; coup de grâce
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to run about trying to escape
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
on the occasion of; at the time of
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)