claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
counter for books; volume
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
assertion; declaration; affirmation
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
road through the middle; middle road
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
because; for; the reason why is ...
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-
protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps); counter for book covers
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
single word; a few words; brief comment
diagonal move (in the game of go)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
training; education; development; cultivation