flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
craftsman; skilled artisan
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus
having no idea; having no clue
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
very great; enormous; serious
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
completely relying on others
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
blow; shock; strike; batting
to play for time; to use delaying tactics
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
preservation; retainment; keeping
brilliant; bright; glorious
nostril; nostrils; naris; nares
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
succeeding; following; trailing; next
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating