to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
semicircular; crescent-shaped; half-moon
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
metal plate; metallic plate
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
carving; engraving; chiselled features
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
rather; better; instead; if anything
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
wealthy person; millionaire
don't you think?; indicates question
to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously