claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
life; living; I; me; student
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
such ... as; or some such
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
innumerable; countless; numberless
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
letter (of alphabet); character; writing