right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
rational; reasonable; logical
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
Claude; Claude (large language model developed by Anthropic)
great difference; major mistake
lodging (house); accommodation; hotel; housing (for government employees)
nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
quietly; slowly; gracefully
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
comfort; consolation; diversion
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
of all things (people, places, days, etc.)
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick
graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); gradations; division; scale
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
at first; in the beginning; originally
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)