achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
audience; attendance; hearers
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
before an event takes place
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
immersion; being absorbed in
to pass (of time); to elapse
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
high and low; rise and fall
pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
in the meanwhile; during the time
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
instant; moment; for an instant
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
this chapter; this passage; this section
the others; the remainder
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
literal translation; direct translation