to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
shellfish; seashell; shell
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
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)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
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uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
road approaching a shrine
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
one of these days; someday; one day
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong