to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
rest; break; recess; intermission
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
scenery; scene; landscape
good feeling; feeling good
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
actor; actress; player; performer
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
(actor) relying on acting skills (rather than good looks, etc.)
it's been a long time; long time no see
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)