hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
badge (worn on the chest); medal; insignia
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
real thing; original; actual
genuine article; real thing; real deal
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to be opposite; to face each other
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to stiffen; to become stiff
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
in that manner; like that
(not) even once; (not) ever
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
constitutional; relating to character, structure, nature, etc.
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to accept; to receive; to agree
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
conviction; belief; confidence
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
it's no joke; gimme a break!