distinguishing; distinction; discrimination; telling apart
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
essence; true nature; substance; reality
proof; certain truth; demonstration; argumentation
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
instability; insecurity; crankiness
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
figure; design; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design; plot; minor market fluctuation
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
human work; human agency; art; artificiality
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
arts; crafts; handicrafts