photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to be photographed; to be projected
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
clearly; distinctly; vividly
staring at; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
possible; probable; likely
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
center of a noh stage; Shōchū era (1324.12.9-1326.4.26)
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
pillar of fire; blazing column