insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to like; to love; to be fond of
good person; good guy; character with a round white head on which the character "good" is written (common in Edo-period prints)
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
(one's) grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to lie deep in; to extend far back
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
defecation; excretion; bowel movement
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
fields (of rice and other crops)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
fast descent; speedy fall
just then; at that time; at that moment; as it's a time of ...; in this time of ...
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
spot; point; place; position
to lose sight of; to miss
terrain; geographical features; topography
timewise; temporal; chronal