to water (a plant, a flower etc.)
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
like; similar to; same as
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
phosphorous light; ignis fatuus; will-o'-the-wisp
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
major earthquake; large earthquake
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
avenue in the capital; busy main street of the capital; main thoroughfare
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
near; close; beside; third person
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
face; looks; vestiges; trace
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part