embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
questions and answers; dialogue
tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
bid for popularity; publicity stunt
humanism; humanitarianism
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
The Odyssey (epic poem attributed to Homer)
One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights
to be absorbed in reading
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
Damascus (Syria); Dimashq