introduction; presentation; referral; listing
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
main meaning; opinion; idea; aim; motive; gist
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
agreement; assent; Norway
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
future (usually near); prospects
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
in comparison to; rather than
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
country; one's own country
dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break
quickly; calmly; intently
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
that day; the very same day
you (esp. unmarried women)
admiration; being impressed (by)
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
meaning; significance; sense
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing