to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
light; faint; pale; fleeting
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
gem; jewel; precious stone
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
ingredient; component; composition
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK
danger; peril; hazard; risk
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
image; figure; figure; form; image
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence