one's heart of hearts; the depths of one's mind
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
to hide; to keep to oneself
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
morning and evening; all the time
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
appearance; air; mien; getup
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
firm; unshakeable; resolute
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to achieve greatness; to achieve success
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
tall tree; forest tree; arbor; arbour
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
glorious; luxuriant; splendid; in full bloom; in full glory
Imperial reign; Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve