to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
blur; blurred; indistinct
naked eye; the physical eye
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
having said that; on the other hand
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to have meaning; to be meaningful
reality; actuality; hard fact
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly