dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku; assistant; helper
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
outside of; not covered by
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
notice; notification; report; posting
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
contrary to one's expectations
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
please; somehow or other; one way or another
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to replace; to move; to change the position of
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
action; operation; effect; function
(religious) faith; belief; creed
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
preface; foreword; preamble
decision; judgment; resolution
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...