shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
deity; god; Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
ordinary person; unenlightened person
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
(Japanese) empress; queen
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
reality; actuality; hard fact
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
coating; painting; painter
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
quietly; slowly; gracefully
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
dark clouds; black clouds
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
from the viewpoint of; according to
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird