to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
15th day of the month; 15 days
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
personal; individual; private
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
to read (a book, etc.) over again
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
simple and clear; plain and simple