slight; light; thin; faint; dim
thousand years; very long period; forever
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
hesitation; hindrance; washroom
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
seventh day of the month; seven days
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
heartfelt; sincere; wholehearted
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
land of the gods; Japan; China
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
sincere; earnest; serious
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
every other; second; alternate
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people