hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
established policy; existing procedures
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
society; the world; the times
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
ten; 10; ten years of age
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
refined taste; elegant pursuits
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to be born; to come into the world
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
absentmindedness; dreaminess; fool; blockhead; hollowness; emptiness
slapping the opponent with the open hand
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
serious look (on one's face); straight face