to cut through (with a road, tunnel, or canal)
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
drumming on one's belly; having one's fill
chance; opportunity; lucky break
Emperor Kammu; Kammu Tenno (737-806 CE, reigning: 781-806 CE)
starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
very rude; very insolent; extremely reprehensible; outrageous
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
busy; having no (free) time
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
going according to one's wishes; ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter)
it's not like; it isn't as if
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
to rank with; to rank among
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
expulsion; excommunication
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
naturalization; naturalisation
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed