formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
someone; a certain person
moneymaking; earning money
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat
striking with the back of the sword
technically accomplished; technical; polished
chord; customary "on" reading (of a kanji) used in Japanese (as opposed to those derived from Chinese); (arch.) Wu reading (of a kanji; as opposed to a Han reading)
mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress
nine times; twisting around many times
at the present time; as of now; at this time
personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
one end; an end; part; fragment
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
Japanese company active abroad; company partly funded by Japanese nationals
school for Japanese outside of Japan
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
certain evidence; definite evidence
(only) one option; one possible choice
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
sukashibori; fretwork; openwork
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic