memorial service for the dead; holding a service
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
to be nappy; to get fluffy
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
though; notwithstanding; although
to lose one's way; to go astray
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
range of vision; field of vision
reality; actuality; hard fact
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
party-internal; within the party
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
shirker; goof-off; goldbricker
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
people close to the head man
will; testament; last request
beginning; outset; first; onset
whichever person (indefinite pronoun); everyone; every person; all
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
action of making something; -ification
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
flaring up; bursting into flames
bright red; crimson lotus flower
counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up