being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
place to die; place of death
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
place to go; place one can go
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
to impose (printing); to lay out the page order; to assemble (e.g. components)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
oblong; landscape orientation
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
hokora; small wayside shrine
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
gold tooling; gilt tooling
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
building with a gabled, hipped roof
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
pigment; paint; colour; color
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
double doors opening from the centre; double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.); method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh
embossing a pattern; repoussé; drum signaling the end of a performance; serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf); printout
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
nashiji (lacquering technique using gold or silver powder or flakes)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude