serious look (on one's face); straight face
excursion; field trip; school trip
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
fluent (in a language); flowing
to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 microseasons of one year
white horse; unrefined sake
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
heroic legend; legend of heroes
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
horse riding; horseback riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
sea breeze; salty wind; briny air
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable