trees with entwined branches; intimate male and female relationship
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
light; faint; pale; fleeting
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
light spot (e.g. a blip on radar); luminous dot; always-on pixel (as a defect in LCD displays); stuck pixel
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to scatter away; to vanish
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo