origami; art of paper folding; hallmark; certificate of authenticity
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
visual confirmation; sighting
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
that; the matter in question
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to shut in; to confine; to contain
writing vertically; vertical writing
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
machine translation; automatic translation; MT
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
one person; another name; nickname; alias
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
general mobilization; general mobilisation
reason; logic; method; system; order
phantom; vision; illusion
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease