Greek character; Greek characters
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
oppression; suppression; pressure
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
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
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
indulgence (e.g. in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit)
chalice (for Holy Communion); Holy Chalice; Holy Grail
cloud floating in a spring sky
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
homeroom; form room; form class
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
individual differences; personal equation
to appear in the newspaper
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
newspaper story (article, account)
8000; eight thousand; many
under the orders of; by order (command)
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person