obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)
germination; sprouting; budding
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
control; management (e.g. of a business)
microorganisms; saprophyte; saprophytic bacteria
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
class; heading; group; category
rhizome; rootstalk; rootstock
to be hesitant; to feel timid
biological younger brother
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
official name; formal name
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
load; loading; weight (of a load)