to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
to shake; to sway; to waver
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
ama; female diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
street at night; making a night journey
surface of the water; face of the water
sea level; (surface of) sea
halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
one's figure during sleep
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
main door at the front of a house; front shutters
mean; average; middle-school arithmetic
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)