influential person; man of importance
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
reminiscent smile; laughing at a memory; smiling to oneself as one recalls something pleasant or amusing
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
usual; ordinary; normal; ordinarily; normally; usually
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
outsider; layman; amateur
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
not yet developed; undeveloped; underdeveloped
hygiene management; hygiene control; sanitation
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
one's way (ahead); one's path