union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to set on fire; to ignite
on top of a tall building; balcony; upper floor
extinguishment; destruction; effacement
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
illusion; fallacy; delusion
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
rather; sooner; preferably
reaching; attaining; arrival
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
by myself; in person; by oneself
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
fantastical idea; fanciful notion; bizarre thought
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
relation; connection; affinity
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end