conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
froufrou; frou frou; frilly decoration; Furfur; Furtur; mythical great Earl of Hell
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
distant look; faraway look
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
should; must; -able; probably; likely
empress dowager; queen mother
with a click; with a snap
compassionate; sympathetic
daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit