legal; lawful; legitimate
to practice magic; to practise magic
in the same way as; just like
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
entreaty; supplication; petition
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
greeting; a fine thing to say
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
(arch.) red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); deer
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery