artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
freedom; free man; free woman
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to go past; to pass; to pass by
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
good feeling; feeling good
at least; at most; (even) just
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
curiosity; inquisitiveness
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to force one's way through
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homozygote; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side