friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
convenient; handy; useful
praise; admiration; exalting; extolling
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
semi-transparent; translucent
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction