being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
expression; presentation; representation; notation
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu; (arch.) salmon
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
quotation; citation; reference
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
top of the head; vertex; parietal
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
indirection; indirectness
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic; understood only by oneself
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
appearing on the surface; symbol; sign; distinguishing mark; diagnostic character
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)