making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
ghost; monster; demon; phantom; apparition
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
way of reciting; way of telling a story
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
person concerned; interested party; related party
in the end; at the end of the day
(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
verification; confirmation; on-site inspection (by a judge, investigator, etc.) to gather physical evidence; verification
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
how; in what way; how about; questionable
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
calamity; disaster; accident
temple; shrine; sanctuary
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon