painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
farming; agriculture; cultivation
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to establish; to formulate
means; method; art; magic
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
sundry; various; assorted
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
district; section; sector
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
pieces; scraps; disconnected
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
1000 ri; (a) long distance
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like