true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
from behind the scenes (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); from the sidelines; from a distance; secretly; in secret
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to be plump; to be chubby
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to say no more; to sink into silence
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to keep to oneself; to keep secret
taste; liking; preference
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
place; position; location; position; standing; status
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
big leakage; uncontained leak
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
form; method; system; formula
addition; adding; supplement
relation; connection; relevance
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
patting; stroking; caressing
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
to become loose; to slacken; to soften
for dear life; barely escaping alive
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
fate; destiny; predestination
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding