grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
torii; Shinto shrine archway
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
light (e.g. colour, color)
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
welcome!; nice to see you!
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
second (unit of time); arc second
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
one end; an end; part; fragment
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base