sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to have a reason; to have an excuse
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
main theater of war; principal battlefield
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
older sister; elder sister
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
metal fittings; metal fixtures
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
decoration; ornament; trimmings
handicraft; industrial art object
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel