to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
to become possible; to become able to (do)
degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
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
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
that country; (arch.) nirvana
production; output; turning out
almost; roughly; approximately
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
joint together; opposite; facing
living thing; living creature; animal; life
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to join together; to combine; to join up
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to be talented; to be able
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer