advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
advantages and disadvantages; plus and minuses
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to establish; to formulate
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
welcome!; nice to see you!
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
powerful person; influential person
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
in spite of; regardless of
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
family; relatives; dependents; household
crown; diadem; bottle cap
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to be born; to come into this world
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
natural; intrinsic; from birth
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering
prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation