present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
witnessing; observing; sighting
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
self-consciousness; self-awareness
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
utmost limit; extremity; result
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
early on; earlier on; from early
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to stay calm; to keep cool
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
spirit of study (inquiry, enquiry); (having) an inquiring mind
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
to fail; to screw up; to stuff up
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
old name for a cave cricket; even though; despite; even more
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate