to say; to be pleased to say
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
distinction; discrimination
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
a long time ago; in those days
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to get between; to be caught in
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)