critic; reviewer; commentator
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
in the mountains; among the mountains
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
child in elementary or middle school; go-between; intermediary; (arch.) person of middling talent, strength, etc.; (arch.) middle-class person; (arch.) bourgeois person
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
pricking; stinging; tingling
vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
error; mistake; slip; bug
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
government service; the bureaucracy
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
capital; metropolis; old Kyoto
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
something or other; somehow
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing