outbreak of an illness; onset of a condition; appearance of symptoms
surgery (branch of medicine); department of surgery
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
business; trade; operations; sales
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
encouragement; cheering on
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
for this very reason; that is exactly why
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
magic; sorcery; incantation
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
secret art; secret technique; mysteries (of an art)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
while alive; during one's lifetime
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
little by little; bit by bit
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
monetary offering; offertory
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
first shrine visit of the New Year