Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
the other day; a few days ago
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
shape; form; security; collateral; obverse of an old zeni coin
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
weather measurement station
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to crawl into; to work oneself into
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...
gushing out; welling up; springing up
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
door (of a furnace, stove, etc.); fuel hole
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister
Chōshū; (former) Nagato Province