foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
to gain fame; to make one's name
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; helpless; powerless
eye of a typhoon; eye of a tropical cyclone; person (or thing) at the center of a turbulent situation (who triggers change or movement)
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
unprecedented; never seen before
ground; earth; grounding; touching the ground; landing (an airplane)
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
motorcycle; motorbike; bike; bicycle
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece; magnum opus; major work
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
great swordsman; master fencer
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line