pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
casting; cast-metal object
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity
looks; personal appearance; features
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
meaning; significance; sense
very; much; greatly; a lot of
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to have a reason; to have an excuse
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
fate; destiny; predestination
child of mixed parentage; mixed-race child
person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed
government service; the bureaucracy
two departments (under the ritsuryo system: the Dept. of State and the Dept. of Worship)
Japanese person; Japanese people
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
ration; stipend; allowance
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
naturalization; naturalisation
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life