with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
violent emotion; passion; fury
characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; spot color; spot colour
cartoon-character costume
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
trailing; chasing after; imitation; imitating; clinginess (in babies, toddlers)
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
just because; even if; even though
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan; project
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
power spot; spiritual hot spot; location said to be flowing with mystical energy
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
to have a chill run down one's spine
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)