child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
assistant ...; probationary ...
aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana); aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense
however; having said that; but
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
solution; solution strategy
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
maintenance; preservation; improvement
continuation; succession; series
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
time; hour; period; class
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
moment by moment; hour by hour
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
in comparison to; rather than
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
in succession; one by one
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
phantom; vision; illusion