to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
minute adjustment; fine-tuning
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
television advertising; television commercial
reopening; resumption; restarting
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
body; physical system; (the) person
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; incarnation; transformation
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
body tissue; body composition
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
unfortunately; regrettably
that is to say; so that means
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
specialization; specialisation
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to throw away; to abandon
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area