to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
remarkable; striking; obvious
harmonious (couple, family, etc.); happy; affectionate; friendly; intimate
palatial residence; stately mansion
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
property; fortune; means; assets
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
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
hermetically seal; sealing (e.g. envelope)
to accord someone every courtesy
harm; injury; evil (influence)
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
absentmindedness; peace of mind
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation
to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune
contrived; false-sounding
feigning innocence, ignorance or naivety; someone (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
district; section; sector
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
(phenomenon of) precession of the equinoxes
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
frame; framework; outline
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out