self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
introspection; reflection on one's self
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
spot; point; place; position
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
each time it happens; at all such times
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
plural; multiple; plural (number)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
course; route; path; process; stages
on the occasion of; at the time of
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to refuse; to decline; to deny
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
in this manner; in this way; like this
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
everybody; every last one of them; all
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage