last days; the end; one's fate
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
one daughter; eldest daughter; first-born daughter
sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days; 12-year Chinese zodiac
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
inlay; inlaying; damascening
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
principal; main; important; fashionable
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
Kanze style; Kanze school of noh
to bury; to embed; to implant
to rank with; to rank among
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
disorder; disturbance; unrest
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
the edge at the very tip of a sword
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
Sagami Province (abbrev. name)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
spine; backbone; spinal column
famous sword; excellent sword
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
restraining (someone); restraint
reason; cause; history; origin