mutation; change; vicissitude
celestial sphere; the heavens
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
flow rate (esp. water or electricity); quantity of flow; capacity (of output or throughput per unit time)
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
entire world; whole world; world stage
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
index; indices; indicator
mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
speculation; thinking; meditation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
a step; short distance; short time
armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea
contemplation; meditation
beautiful eyebrows; lovely eyebrows
to set on end (hair, fur, etc.); to make stand on end; to bristle; to ruffle (up); to raise (one's eyebrows)
(already) known; established
uniformly; evenly; equally; indiscriminately; across the board
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
theatre; theater; playhouse
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
theatre-going; theater-going
taste; liking; preference
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to