living thing; organism; creature; biology
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
about when; about what time; how soon
to need; to call for; to require
society; the world; the times
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
charm; incantation; spell; curse
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
medical science; medicine
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
with all one's strength; with all one's might
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
acceleration; speeding up
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend