not yet fixed; undecided; pending
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
early (days); initial stage; initial
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
(talking in a) half-joking manner
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
this world; this life; world of the living