truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
spectacle; striking display; spectacular (scene, film, etc.); extravaganza; big-budget production
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses
to smooth; to harmonize; to facilitate; to streamline
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
suppression (of a rebellion, civil war, etc.); restoration of law and order; subjugation; conquering
accession to the throne; enthronement
surveillance camera; security camera
with a single blow; with one stroke
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
steam locomotive; steam train; (long-distance) train; non-electric train; diesel train
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
taking into consideration; making allowances (for); reserve; restraint; leniency
triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
large quantities of alcohol; heavy drinking; heavy drinker