honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
carrying out of rules; enforcing the law; execution; practice of Buddhism; Buddhist training
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
manners; behavior; behaviour
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
pupil; student; schoolchild
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
strong pressure; heavy pressure
any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever
to compose; to put together
means of transportation; means of transport
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
seam of joined boards; cross grain (of wood); thick card made from several sheets of washi paper
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close