to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
the sun; sunlight; heat of the sun
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
votive picture (originally of horse)
in terms of; from the point of view of
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
hybrid mulberry tree used to make Japanese paper (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera)
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
village; hamlet; countryside; country
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
various containers; miscellaneous receptacles; small wooden plate on which offerings for a Shinto home shine are placed
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
thoroughly; carefully; deliberately; seriously; fully
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
lidded; covered; container with a lid
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
Japanese-style ritual saddle
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base