dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
delicious; skillful; skilled; expert
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
take (e.g. in film-making)
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); excellent film; film classic
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
this world; this life; this generation; present day
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
one or two; a few; small number
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
index; indices; indicator
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
butting; clashing (of schedules, etc.); conflict; colliding
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
one eye; discerning eye; excellent judgement
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
"lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates
neat and clean; tidy; trim
first-rate; finest quality; the best
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers