make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
several types; several kinds; several species
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
to knock down; to knock out
to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face
to roll about; to writhe about
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
indigestion; dyspepsia; inability to understand; lacking comprehension; half-baked knowledge
three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)
(exercising) the right to command
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.); the moment of running into each other; the moment of crossing paths
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)