contemplation; meditation
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
protecting (someone); defending; standing up for
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
book that cannot be taken out (of a library, etc.); restricted book; reference-only book
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
during; for the duration of
along the road; along the way
nothing; nil; naught; nought
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
wish; desire; ambition; choice
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to smash; to break into pieces
serious accident; major incident
to be too numerous; to be too much
still object; object at rest; still life (painting, drawing)
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
while; during; performed in this condition
recuperation; medical treatment
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
routine; routine duties; routine work; routine
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter