kindness; largeheartedness
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
striped pattern (textiles, pottery)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
knotweed (Polygonaceae); jointweed; smartweed; water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
so slight as to be all but non-existent
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to come surging (waves, enemy troops, etc.)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
Amor; Eros; Venus; god of love
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
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
nocturnal luminescence; noctilucence
bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; swastika-shaped family crest
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
Obaku school of Zen Buddhism
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)