activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
firm; steadfast; indomitable; unswerving; invincible
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing
strong-willed; volitional
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
flashiness; showiness; bloom; flowers; Republic of China
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
elegant; charming; refined; enchanting; tasteful
washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
rubbing one's hands together
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
round; spherical; circular
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
the whole day; all the day
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
practical question; practical problem; practical matter
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
minuteness; one millionth