pessimism due to decadent-age theory
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
wherein; therein; thereinto
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
counter for chairs or seats
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
manner of Heian era palatial architecture
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
wood construction; woodworking; (arch.) gardener
cypress bark roof; hinoki bark thatching
handheld game console; portable game console
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
Maryi (Russia); Mary (Russia)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to fight; to exchange blows
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
cooking practice; (school) cooking class
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky