easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
rationality; reasonableness
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
speculation; thinking; meditation
from here; from this place
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
glorious achievement; distinguished service
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
seeing off and meeting on return
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
the way something ought to be; the (current) state of things; how things are
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
every year; yearly; annually
present (brought by a visitor); gift
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
foreign enemy; outside invader
volume of water kept in store
clean water; purified water
protracted war; war of attrition
defence mechanism; defense mechanism
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle