wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
hegemony; leadership; initiative
forked tree; forked branch
focusing (of light); convergence; gathering and bundling
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
sharp parting remark; parting threat
secret; private; surreptitious
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
uroboros; ouroboros (image of a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail)
to differ depending on ...
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
illegitimate child; secret love child
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
to narrowly escape death; to have a narrow escape from death
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future