help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to take a veneer off something
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
rich in personality; of great individuality; highly individual; expressive of one's personality
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
observation; survey; watching
curious; strange; unusual
sampling food; tasting; trying
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
unveiling; debut; introduction
together; at the same time; same; identical
unique; individual; original; unusual
practice; practising; training; study
to wrestle with; to contest an issue; to take part in sumo
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
children's story; fairy tale
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
Kintarō; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength; Kintarō doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron); diamond-shaped apron
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
candy fashioned in human and animal forms
to join together; to combine; to join up
cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced; inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies
common name; popular name
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to shade an account; to add something extra
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging