but; however; provided that
fetish (object believed to have supernatural powers)
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
number of people; population; human head
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
general idea; concept; notion
incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)
bud; sprout; shoot; opening of a bud
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to stop walking; to pause
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)