simple; simplified; easy; plain
scripture; passage from scripture
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
to hold out (against); to hold one's ground; to stand firm; to endure
to leap back; to jump back
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers
Xuanzong (Emperor of China, r. 712-756)
completely; absolutely; totally
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
general term; generic name
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
to feel uneasy; to get into a panic; to feel excited; to have one's heart beat wildly; to have a presentiment
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
to choke; to have trouble breathing
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
calm; composed; cool; quiet
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake