good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
virtue; moral sense; conscience
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed
infant; baby; little child
true character; real nature
ministry proper; home office; head office; this ministry; this department
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
spiritual awakening; resolution
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
mending; revision; supplementation
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
in case of; at that time; at this time
womanly; ladylike; feminine
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
that's the way it is; such is life
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
however; having said that; but
body donation; (arch.) becoming naked
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account