to feel affectionate towards; to have feelings for; to care for; to hold dear
two-storied gate; tower gate
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
dragon's den; auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)
water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; miracle-working water; water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
communication skills; communication ability
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
souvenir store; gift shop
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
to distract oneself; to take one's mind off one's worries
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
forced repatriation; deportation
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy