based on; on the basis of
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to shave off; to scrape off
to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
creation; Creation (by God)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
level ground; plain; flatland
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
restricted; confined; unfree
by itself; automatically; naturally
spine; backbone; spinal column
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
composite; combined; complex
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange