adopted child; foster child
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
sad news; news of a death; death notice
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
high ground; plateau; heights
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
competent; suitable; qualified
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
wide-width (e.g. cloth); broad
billow; surge; large wave
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
(not so) much; (not) very
to care for someone; to look after someone
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.); 20-point card; bright
reassuring; stout-hearted; firm; courageous
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove