visitor (to a shrine or temple)
prayer (for something); supplication
monetary offering; offertory
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; refurbishment; makeover; alteration (e.g. of clothes); re-tailoring
high-quality goods; choice goods
to listen again; to ask again
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
interference; intervention; meddling
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
honeytrap; honey trap; honeypot
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
root; joint; base; crotch
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
demon of ill health; disease
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
equality; impartiality; evenness
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
burnt field; burnt area; land devastated by fire
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined