pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
lately; recently; nowadays
opposing pairs (of leaves)
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
to practice magic; to practise magic
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
a help; an aid; some assistance
shear (wind, fluids); chicken gizzard
war situation; progress of a battle
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
together; mutually; fellow
abrasive compound; abrading agent; abradant; polishing agent
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
algebraic equation; polynomial; character expression; literal expression
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
after tax income; net income