complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
to choke; to have trouble breathing
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
mutation; change; vicissitude
celestial sphere; the heavens
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
flow rate (esp. water or electricity); quantity of flow; capacity (of output or throughput per unit time)
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
entire world; whole world; world stage
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time