self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
other; another; over; more than; I; me
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
counter for wheels and flowers
phantom; vision; illusion
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to withstand; to be able to endure
secret; private; surreptitious
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
creation; generation; formation; derivation
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to consent to; to assent to
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
precipice; cliff; flat head
arbitration; intercession; mediation
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to step forward; to take a step forward
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death