result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
how; in what way; how about; questionable
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to attack; to assault; to assail
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in