groundless; entirely contrary to fact
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
correction; revision; amendment
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
proper; right; reasonable
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
stealthily; secretly; in secret
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
image; figure; figure; form; image
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
day after day; day by day
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact