to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
self-healing; spontaneous recovery
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
one by one; one after another; successively
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
fib; exaggeration (of the truth); snow job
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
defense of one's country; defence of one's country
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
demon; daemon (in Unix, etc.)
arsenal; arms and ammunition factory
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
miser; niggard; cheapskate
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
Clap; Clapp; Klapp; Krapp; Crapp
to take away; to carry away
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
yoke; constraints; oppression