serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
duty; function; office; mission; task
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; composure; calmness
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
blood relationship; blood relative
news; word; tidings; omen
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
safety; welfare; well-being
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
casting; founding; minting
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
middle-aged person; person who changes his line in middle of life
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
unusual; exceptional; phenomenal
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
storehouse; warehouse; godown
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk