visual hallucination; vision
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to perceive; to understand
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
good humour (humor); good mood
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
inscrutable; unmeasurable; unpredictable
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to smile (at); to grin (at)
at the present time; as of now; at this time
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to be damaged; to receive damage
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
classification; color coding; colour coding; color keying; colour keying; differentiation using different colors (colours)