unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
globular shape; spherical shape
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to kill by burning to death
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
head over heels; headlong; head first
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
be (that) as it may; having said that
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to flare up; to burst into flames
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
main shrine; inner sanctuary
bishop's staff; khakkhara
mirror surface; lens surface
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
on the sea; surface of the sea
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to trace back to (the origins of something)
Himiko; Himiko (queen of Yamatai)
materials; data; document
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to practice magic; to practise magic