female court attendant; court lady
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
descendant; progeny; offspring
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
laughable; ridiculous; funny; comical
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
wild beast; wild animal; brute
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
desolate field; withered field
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to have a long life; to live a long time
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
partial ownership; possession in portions
circuit; cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle); cycle; loop
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
feeling; sense; impression
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
natural law; rule of heaven
temporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction; assumption; supposition
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
extensive reading; wide knowledge
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
early on; earlier on; from early
the way back; the way home; return trip