complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
that; the matter in question
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
Jizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
smelling of men; reeking of male body odor; manly; macho
sad; mournful; melancholy; sorrowful
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
to finish watching (e.g. a movie)
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)
The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar; bamboo
corner post; corner pillar; downstage right pillar (on a noh stage)
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage