lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
a great variety of; diversity
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
maritime; marine transportation
construction; establishment
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
land route; overland route; by land; overland
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
river management; river improvement; flood control
imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
enmity; antagonism; hostility
early on; earlier on; from early
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
pale; pallid; bluish-white
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section