traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
kobold (evil spirit in German folklore); goblin
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
how; in what way; by what means
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
unnatural death; violent death
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on