knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
head; dome; bean; nob; noggin
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
prudence; discretion; thought
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to read the situation; to sense the mood
joint struggle; common (united) front
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
early unofficial job offer; informal promise of employment
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
to increase in value; to gain prestige
to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged
nonchalant air; unruffled air
draw (in competition); tie game
(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
cloistered rule; government by cloistered emperors
imperial throne; the Crown
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
inauguration; installation ceremony
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold