(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
the other day; some time ago; recently
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
honorific/polite/humble prefix
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
fresh verdure; new green leaves
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
stream (in a Japanese garden); narrow stream flowing through a traditional garden (esp. in a Heian-period villa); watering (potted plants, bonsai, etc.)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to thrust away; to send flying
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
confidence; trust; faith; credit
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
opinion; intention; thought
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
Heian-kyō; former name of Kyoto, capital city of Japan from 794 to 1869
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
disliking people similar to oneself
inevitable; unavoidable; certain; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
race (of people); type of person
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place