two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
recovery; undoing; recall
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
to be smeared; to be covered