to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
person of culture; cultured person
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
while; during; while; although; all; both
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
belief; faith; conviction
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)