minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
small amount of rainfall; (a) light rainfall
adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
multi-; multi-post; multi-level marketing; pyramid selling; mulch; mulching
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
distant look; faraway look
presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
turmoil; chaos; confusion
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
useless; vain; aimless; idle
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
host; landlord; innkeeper
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
to be hot on a person's heels
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process