to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
actor; actress; player; performer
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
residing; living; dwelling
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
author; writer; novelist; artist
pale; pallid; bluish-white
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
spirit photography; ghost photography
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
to make merry; to be festive
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
one large ...; a great ...
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
covered with; stained; smeared
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under