furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
severe criticism; damnation
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
person who is ignorant of the real world; (lit.) frog in a well
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
to push (something) against
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation; claim
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range