thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
Japan's best; number one in Japan
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
bungalow; one-story house
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
sunlight filtering through trees
to rain incessantly; to downpour
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance