Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era
to lose heart; to lose motivation
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
famous (musical) recording; famous record; excellent record
personal combat; one-to-one fight
stack of rice straw; rick; cock
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
jinx; omen (can be a good omen)
prejudice; bias; distorted view
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to die by drowning; to drown
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest