precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
permanence; forever unchanging
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
extinction; annihilation; destruction
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
immortal; undying; indestructible
in terms of; from the point of view of
break (from work, etc.); recess
imperial throne; the Crown
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
background chatter on a film, TV show, etc.; walla; rhubard; extras; background actors
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
remarkable; striking; obvious
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
aquatic products; fisheries
especially; above all; particularly; among other things
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
firstborn; first-produced; newborn
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
like; similar to; same as
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
counter for rules; rule; regulation
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
to neglect; to ignore; to slight; to be indifferent to
Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
Emperor Senka; Senka Tenno
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)