loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
common people; ordinary people; masses
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
guardian; protector; patron; parent
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
one day; (on) a certain day
bunch of flowers; bouquet
in advance; beforehand; previously
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
warp; curvature; curve; arch
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
powerful person; influential person
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
our country; our land; one's own country
national border; provincial border
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law