memory; ability to remember
east, west, south and north
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
gathering clouds; group of clouds
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
consists of; comprises; is made up of
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
separate case; another matter
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to name; to call; to christen; to term
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
place; room; margin; scope
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake