stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
one's original family name; maiden name
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
somehow or other; for some reason or another
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
straight-cut bangs (hairstyle)
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
digestive medicine; medicine for the stomach and bowels
lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
alteration; falsification; faking
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus
great love; passionate affair
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest