ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
how long; how much; to what extent
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
entrance; threshold; beginning; first step; start
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to be too numerous; to be too much
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
mysteries of one's master's art; robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral); (fig.) transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
this (very thing); this precisely
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
family name; lineage; birth; clan
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to lend an ear to; to listen to
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
metallic sound; metallic clank
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
just because; even if; even though
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to repeat; to do something over again
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker