grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
question; inquiry; enquiry
before one could; in no time at all; without a gap
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to say; to tell; to state; to do
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
expression; look; countenance; face
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
staying up all night three nights in a row; triple all-nighter
farming; agriculture; cultivation
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)