capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
wet nurse; nursing mother
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
one's own property; possessions
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
mining; digging; working (a mine)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
to bear (a child); to be born; to produce; to yield; to be produced
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
colored (skin); coloured; non-white; having color; colored; coloured
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
influence (on someone); inspiration
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
tuning (an instrument); temperament
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
single flower; one wheel; full moon