(a) vein; (a) thread (of connection)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise
characteristic; feature; special quality
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
saying in other words; putting (something) another way
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
nonetheless; nevertheless
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
any more; any further; any better; any longer
simplicity; unsophisticatedness
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
in one's own way or style
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest