place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to play a leading role; to play a central part
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
to become settled; to be fixed
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
memories; recollections; reminiscence
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
steady; sound; reliable; solid
mounting (of a picture); binding (of a book)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different); Very sincerely yours; (arch.) peerless; (arch.) unparalleled
immediately; at once; instantly
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to need; to call for; to require
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry