to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
yose; end game; last stage of a game; gathering; collecting; coming together
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
conduction (of heat or electricity); transmission (of light or sound); conduction (of a nerve impulse)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
being startled; getting a shock
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
steamed bun with sesame oil and anko filling
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
pull-top; pop-top; pop top; pull tab
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up