to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
powerful person; influential person
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
by means of; due to; because of; according to
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
subordinate position; lower position
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
funeral hall; ceremony site
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to say; to tell; to state; to do
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
Mount Kōya (esp. Kongōbu-ji); southern mountain
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
tip of the tongue; tongue tip; lingual apex
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton
cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis); Confederate rose; dixie rosemallow; lotus blossom
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news