difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to invite in; to show someone in
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
presence; sitting with; being with
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
expression; look; countenance; face
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
as (for); for; in the capacity of
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff