fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
high window; clerestory window
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
evening; last night; yesterday evening
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
this or that person; anybody; many people
sudden; unexpected; unannounced; abrupt
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
condition; state (of health); appearance
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
darkened room; quiet room
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
many samurai; many gentlefolk
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
all (there is); as long as there is
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
while alive; during one's lifetime
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause