blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
historical; traditional; historic
work; business; company; study
tuning (a stringed instrument)
runner-up; second (in a race)
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
how admirably; how wonderfully; incredibly well; splendidly
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
emergency; accident; worst case; unexpected occurrence
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
first year; initial (year)
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
reexamination; resit; make-up (exam)
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
leaving the nest; going out into the world; becoming independent
shyness; bashfulness; shame
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to be accustomed to traveling (travelling)
(made of) stone; stone-built
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
solid (body); solid matter; solid food
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
subject; national; citizen