discrimination; historical school of poetic thought; attachment; distractions
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to concern; to be related
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
basis; based on; conformance; conformity; authority (of); standard
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
casting; cast-metal object
quotation; citation; reference
poetic style typical of Man'yōshū
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
in history; ever; historical
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
to state; to express; to mention
good or bad; right or wrong; for better or for worse; rightly or wrongly
special; particular; peculiar; unique
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
two colours; two varieties; two types
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create