to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
environment; circumstance
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
switching over to; migration; transition
way of solving (a problem); solution
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
to continue (going along some trend)
second-year student; biennial
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
casting; cast-metal object
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
taste; palate; sense of taste
Amazon River; Rio Amazonas
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
marking; grading; scoring
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
take (e.g. in film-making)
sweet and sour; bittersweet
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
group; party; team; squad; section
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
interrupting a game; time out
general manager; general superintendent; general director (of a film, etc.)