joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
precondition; prerequisite
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
selection; choice; option
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
(religious) faith; belief; creed
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
construction; establishment
at that time; in those days
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
vitality; energy; dynamism
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble