spring water; clear (pure) water
railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
balance beam (in gymnastics)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
being carried out; being put into practice; in operation
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
the staff; inside the department
question and answer session
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
chit; sales slip; voucher
to use a calculator; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to reveal one's true intentions; to show one's cards
down to earth; reasonable
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
nice; likeable; desirable
prohibition of use (of); ban on using (something)
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
convenience store lunch box