potter's wheel; lathe; pulley; windlass
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
daily meals; three regular meals a day
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
restoration; revival; resurgence
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; bragging; conceit; braggart
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
traditional Japanese travel outfit; travel kit
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
work; business; company; study
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
stopping at; going no further than
to repay double the original amount; to repay x times the original amount
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge