zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
big leakage; uncontained leak
death (and entering the hereafter)
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); crested ibis
to freeze; to freeze over
decoy (for hunting); stool
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother
is never the case; has never happened
leaving a matter to chance
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
teething ring; pacifier; dummy; blowjob
interrupting a game; time out
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
yeah; you're right; that's right
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
eagle (Accipitridae family)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie