illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
to begin talking; to open up
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); chloride
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued