yours sincerely; respectfully yours
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
contradiction; inconsistency
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
trouble; pains; backbreaking exertions
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
pre-existing; already there; conventional
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
serious; not joking; straight
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
following the lead of; playing second fiddle to; follower
sphere; circle; range; category
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful