floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
heated vegetables; warm vegetables
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
drama; play; powerful drug
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
settlement (of an account); liquidation of debts; payment
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
bill; account; invoice; information request form
frequent reflection; frequent meditation
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
construction; establishment
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
minister; secretary; Shujing; The Book of Documents; Ministry of Central Affairs (Qin-dynasty department); Oversight Department (under the Department of State of the ritsuryō system)
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
gray or silver haired (grey)
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
man; male; masculine gender
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
like water; like it grows on trees
consumption; expenditure; spending
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
hard to handle; difficult to handle; awkward to handle; hard to deal with; unwieldy