praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
descendant; posterity; offspring
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
laughable; ridiculous; funny; comical
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
wild beast; wild animal; brute
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
desolate field; withered field
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to have a long life; to live a long time
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
partial ownership; possession in portions
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
feeling; sense; impression
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to attempt; to test; to try out
natural law; rule of heaven
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
extensive reading; wide knowledge
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
early on; earlier on; from early
the way back; the way home; return trip
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)