aquatic (life); living in the water
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
to cry tears of joy; to weep for joy
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
aggressiveness; aggression
conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
to turn into a state of feverish mood
invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
reason for being; raison d'être
piece of meat; cut of meat
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
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
in the end; on top of that
death from prostration; death from emaciation
personification; anthropomorphization
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to mix; to blend; to combine
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
small spiral-shelled snail; spiral shellfish
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
what date?; what's the date?; when?
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
pure literature; belles-lettres
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
to be intimate with; to befriend
treasure chest; strongbox
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
influence (on someone); inspiration
childish; child-like; immature; infantile