(religious) faith; belief; creed
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
normalcy; normality; normal
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
left breast; left side of the chest
every single word and phrase; word by word
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
happy memory; sweet memory
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
complication; confusion; disorder
just because; even if; even though
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
surrounding at a distance
mountain range; mountain belt
in the end; on top of that
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
less than ...; smaller ...
frame; framework; outline
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
nape (of the neck); nucha