value; worth; virtue; blessing
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
briefer; elucidator; exponent; expositor; explainer
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
one part; one portion; one section
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
boasting; bragging; talking big
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
root; source; origin; cause
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to gush out; to gush forth; to effuse
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
dazzlement; bewilderment; daze
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
personal; individual; private
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
vitality; ability to earn a living