adaptation; accommodation; conformity
natural span of life; 250 years old
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)
to remain married for life
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
mature; becoming precocious
to make one's heart flutter
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
middle period; medium-term
authority; power; function
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
another; different; separate; discrete
reason for being; raison d'être
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
fixed interval; fixed period
break; pause; interruption; intermission
several hundred million years
tear gland; lacrimal gland
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
to control; to command; to get the better of
entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on
format; procedure; way of proceeding
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
what one should do (usu. in questions)
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)