(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
second (unit of time); arc second
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
good feeling; feeling good
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
reconciliation; make peace with
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
stealthily; secretly; in secret
standard; set; routine; decided
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
settlement; solution; resolution
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
to let down one's hair; to undo hair