simple honesty; tactless frankness
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to gather momentum; to gather strength; (for a trend) to reach a peak
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
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)
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
solution; solution strategy
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
purification; refining; simplification
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
to be flowing (of blood); to be alive; to be humane; to show signs of humanity
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
to abandon; to give up on; to desert