merit; virtuous deed; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); merit; meritum
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
natural; reasonable; understandable
direct debit; account-to-account transfer
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
letter; personal correspondence
father and mother; parents
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
bluff; false show of power; bold front
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
state of mind; (one's) mental state
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
disapproval; disagreement
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
success or failure (in examinations)
if you think about it; come to think of it
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to become inverted; to become reversed