protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
pure and good; unmixed and of high quality; good-natured; genuine; wholesome
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition); three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
vice; immorality; corruption
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
concord; harmony; concert
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
reason; logic; method; system; order
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)