to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
automatic; intransitive verb
defence mechanism; defense mechanism
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
maximum permissible level or dosage
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
alternately; in succession
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
robust health; able-bodied
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
in deep black; in jet black
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
nature; property; disposition
perception; sensation; awareness
as; because; with; due to
to temper thoroughly; to train well
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
complete set; all; everything