youth; springtime of life; adolescent
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
birth; creation; formation
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
mirror surface; lens surface
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity
drop (e.g. of water); drip
relation; connection; relevance
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
exemplar; model; example; pattern
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
origin; source; beginning; starting point
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
combination; union; incorporation; congruence