to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
like; similar to; same as
arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
commentary on current events
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
to ask; to enquire; to query
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
immediately; right away; on the spot
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query
beginning; outset; first; onset
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
family; members of a family
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
too much; excessively; too
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
a short while ago; already
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate