means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
birth date; date of birth; DOB
to add (e.g. a postscript)
fortune teller; soothsayer; diviner
letter; personal correspondence
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
reasoning; logic; persuasion
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
mediator; middleman; intermediary; carrier (e.g. disease)
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
nation at war; militant nation
triumphant return; returning in triumph
parliamentarian; member of a congress
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
dazzlement; bewilderment; daze
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
to bring; to take; to bring about
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production
being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on
eight minutes; triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticeable triangular tail)