death of God (in philosophy)
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency
muni (Indian ascetic or sage); Buddha
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
traditional Japanese handball game
bridge building; bridge; cross-linking
tens of thousands of years
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to rule; to govern; to administer
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
to finish; to end; to close
millions; several million; a few million
wrong; different; not like that
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
natural disaster; cataclysm
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
overhasty; rash; premature
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
day of month; counter for days
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit