to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to begin an explanation (argument, story, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
postponement; deferment; adjournment
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
religious exultation; ecstasy
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
Sanjusangen-do (hall in Kyoto)
great difference; big difference; wide margin
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)
wild chrysanthemum; aster
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
16th-century Jesuit-founded Japanese college
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate