face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
freely; frankly; without reserve
one's long-cherished desire
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to resign from one's post
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
(written) contract; agreement
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
cost of a meal (or meals)
residence; abode; dwelling
subtraction; deduction (e.g. tax); subsidy
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
flaring up; bursting into flames
to flare up; to burst into flames
household expenses; residence expenses; housing expenses
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
soldier; combatant; warrior
subordination; dependency
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
exemption; exoneration; discharge
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)