light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
relief party; rescue party
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
improvement of relations; rapprochement
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
father and mother; parents
to come into being; to be born
starting point; starting line
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
firm promise; definite promise
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
human relations; personal relationships
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
pretension; conceit; hubris
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
parting; separation; farewell
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age