white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
one of these days; someday; one day
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
original story; original version; this volume
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
strict order; peremptory command
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
still; even now; to this day
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
in the future; another day; later
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
to be surprised; to be astonished
excursion; outing; picnic
an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)