selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
mental; spiritual; emotional
outline; summary; roughly; generally; great ingenuity; excellent resourcefulness
to close (one's eyes); to shut
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore
vault of heaven; vaulted sky; dome; vault; arch
exile; banishment; deportation
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
artificial hill (in a garden)
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
path; lane; small diameter; small radius
two at a time; two by two; in twos
small garden; small place
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
wild rose; briar; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
unique; peculiar; singular
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
shoji (paper sliding door)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
boiled and half-dried bonito
oath; vow; attestation; solemn pledge