teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
unique; peerless; invaluable; priceless
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
indeed; really; truly; very much
to not believe one's ears
amount of money; sum of money
one's own handwriting; autograph
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
price; cost; value; worth; value
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
makyō; Chinese magic mirror; bronze mirror that projects a hidden sacred image when reflecting a beam of light
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
mirror surface; lens surface
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
casting; founding; minting
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on