bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
detour; circumvention; turning movement
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to name; to call; to christen; to term
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
how; in what way; by what means
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
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)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
story; tale; talk; discussion
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to feel; to sense; to experience
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
economical; efficient; lean; compact
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of