faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
failure; mistake; blunder
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
support; backing; patronage
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
outward appearance; apparent
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
long ago; a long time ago; already
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
shortage; scarcity; dearth; famine
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
atonement; redemption; compensation
suffix for familiar person