faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
clearly; distinctly; vividly
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
observation; survey; watching
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
suppression; repression; subjugation
blood vessel; blood relationship
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
national border; provincial border
opinion; point of view; visual point
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
party; gang; company; squad
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
gesture; gesticulation; motion