bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
to be injured; to sustain a wound
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
two (long cylindrical things)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)
festival; feast; carnival
tank (military vehicle); chariot
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
state of mind; mentality; psychology