to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to shed light; to cast light
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
genuine; authentic; true; real
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
not yet known; unknown; strange
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
literature; books (reference); document
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
legendary; folkloric; traditional
to make an appearance; to show up
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
in unison; as one; united
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type