in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
sun and moon; time; days and months; Sunday and Monday
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
threat; intimidation; menace
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
powerful spirit; power of the emperor
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
pointing out; identification
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to recall; to remember; to recollect
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
proclamation; dissemination; promulgation
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to begin an explanation (argument, story, etc.)
root; source; origin; cause
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
miraculous god; wonder-working god
(arch.) to annotate; to write down