gorgeous; sumptuous; extravagant; luxurious
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
different culture; foreign culture
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
major arcana (of a tarot deck)
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
person killed in action; the war dead
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; painful to look at
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
mental; psychological; physical
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to becalm one's feelings; to compose oneself
plaintive; piteous; doleful
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
to peel off and fall; to flake away
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage