Brahma (Hindu god); large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); down puff (on the end of an ear pick)
Kasyapa (Hindu sage); Kashou
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
import; importation; introduction; afferent
divide into four pieces; one fourth
(not) in the least; (not) a bit
seventh day of the month; seven days
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
rural local self-government (Muromachi period)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
translation into (classical) Chinese; translation into kanbun; kango translation; translation into Japanese using kanji
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area