to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
bump (e.g. on forehead); lump; protuberance; swelling
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
the real criminal; true culprit
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
being left out; being ostracized
way of speaking; intimation
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
sitting with one's legs out to one side
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
bank; banking institution
(bank) balance; remainder
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
to tumble down; to roll down
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (14th century novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong)
popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language; adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration