forbidden move (sumo, shogi, go, etc.); prohibited move; foul
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
blighted love; disappointed love
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
world of suffering; life of prostitution
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
relieving; refreshing; satisfying
flour; meal; powder; heroin
dispersion; separation; scattering; breakup
triangular three-pillar torii
10,000,000,000; ten billion
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
uneven distribution; unfair distribution; maldistribution
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
transparency; clarity; coherence
solemn; grave; impressive
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
ostentatious; gaudy; showy
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
sensuously beautiful; seductively beautiful; voluptuous
(not) much; (not) very; (arch.) like this; (arch.) as a rule
decision; judgment; resolution
counter for generations; epoch
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
writing pressure; pen pressure; strength of a brushstroke
various; diverse; different; divergent; divided; conflicting
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly