on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
instead; but (on the other hand)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
treasure ship; picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
mouth of a (sword) sheath
educational institution; school; academy; campus
moment; brief space of time
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
regular game; regular-season game
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
already; now; no longer; not any more