cutting; planting (a cutting)
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to trample; to crush underfoot
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
had better ...; had better not ...
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to cover fully; to wrap around
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
left-hand radical of a character
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
writing (e.g. as a profession)
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
thousands; several thousand
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake