display; array (of things); succession (of things)
shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain; the rising sun
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
although; though; despite the fact that ...
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
all things in nature; the whole creation
absolute obedience; complete submission
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
crown; diadem; bottle cap
blood vessel; blood relationship
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
to break down (an opponent's defenses); to defeat; to knock out the opponent's pitcher (with consecutive base hits); to break (an established notion); to refute (e.g. a theory)
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
four (long cylindrical things)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
god of thunder; Raijin (god of thunder)
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
cracks or fissures in the ground
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede