quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
sinking; submerging; sinker; weight
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king); five obstructions to women's attainment; five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt)
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to take; to catch; to capture
the place for; the time for; the level of
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unvirtuous girl
and so; therefore; for that reason
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
merciful heart; compassion; mercy; benevolence
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
much less; to say nothing of
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely