motherland; fatherland; native country
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
quarrel; dispute; argument
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
female farmworker; woman working on a farm; farm woman
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to face; to go towards; to head towards
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually