cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
immediately; right away; on the spot
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
party; set; gang; company; person
material; substance; matter
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
(surface of) field; plain; unworked surface of (quarried) stone; (rough) surface of plank
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
spirit of a deceased person
holding on to; sticking to
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
heaven and earth; top and bottom
boundless; infinite; vast
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction