physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
sarcophagus; stone coffin
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
innumerable changes; infinite variety
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
to lose sight of; to miss
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to be erected; to be built
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
without doubt; certain; sure
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
thin slice of meat or fish; (arch.) briefly salt-pickled fish slice
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
good; goodness; right; virtue
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Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
cinnamon; cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
initiative; prior consideration
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
devotion; attachment; infatuation
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
as (for); for; in the capacity of