to lay aside; to set aside
paints; painting material
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
at someone's (something's) mercy
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
manner of using one's hands
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
shaman; oracle; diviner; medium
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
one's every action; every single move
supreme; sublime; highest
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
ignorant of the ways of the world
successive generations; successive emperors
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
womanly; ladylike; feminine
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
degree of familiarity; popularity
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to be born; to come into this world
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message