expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
very interesting; of great interest
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to be too numerous; to be too much
production (e.g. play); direction
scene; sight; scenario; setting
sharp sighted; easily awakened
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
counter for choices, options, etc.
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
(political) power; authority; influence
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
having a romantic interest; (lit.) having a pulse
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
income; receipts; revenue
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature