powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
large number (of); many; majority
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
axiom; maxim; self-evident truth
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
autographs (brushwork) of departed person
Japan and China (esp. before WWII)
pact; convention; agreement
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
(period of) a year; during an era
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
thus; in this way; like this
together; mutually; fellow