cross; crossed; cruciform
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to be manageable; to be able to handle
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
-less; lacking; non-existing
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
ossuary; crypt; charnel house
to warp; to become strained; to become distorted; to become crooked
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
imperial throne; the Crown
deep inside; innermost place
niche (in Western architecture)
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
metal fittings; metal fixtures
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
lately; recently; nowadays