self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
person who judges which god or spirit has taken possession of a miko
foreign; abroad; overseas
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
very interesting; of great interest
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to look upwards; to look up
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
Taishang Laojun (Lao-tzu as a supreme divinity of Taoism)
eight trigrams; divination signs; divination; fortune-telling
forty-ninth day after a person's death
to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
picking; collecting; harvesting
chronological order; time series
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally