tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through
to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage
replenishment; supplement; reparation
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
Yangtze and Yellow rivers; large river
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
Buddhist; Buddhist priest
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
outbreak of war; starting a war
temporary residence; sojourn
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
subscription; contribution
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
morally; from the moral point of view
family name; lineage; birth; clan
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
mystery; strange event; mysterious affair
withdrawal (of money); payment; contribution; investment; financing
enduring and accepting; submitting (to)
transactions; dealings; business
official business; public business