whether one does or does not
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to tear off; to strip; to rob
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
nothing but; none other than
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
degenerate age; corrupt word; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law
materialistic; worldly-minded; uncultured
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
descendant; posterity; offspring
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
environment; circumstance
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)