to get a big surprise; to be astonished
good-looking; fair; beautiful
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
a Buddha; deceased person
puddle of blood; pool of blood
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to whine; to make feeble complaints
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
tag (children's game); tig
colour; color; hue; tints
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
light pink; light crimson
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
unable to stay still; unable to contain one's feelings; unable to restrain oneself
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
a drowning man will catch at a straw
crosspiece (between pillars, etc.); penetrating tie beam
horse gait; way of walking (e.g. in martial arts, etc.)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
longevity stone (gemstone that gives its bearer long life)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to clap one's hands in prayer
to escape from; to get out
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)