to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for
departure of a ship (from a port); setting sail; outgoing ship; ship leaving port
shellfish; seashell; shell
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
at the same time; at a time; at one time; simultaneously
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
(religious) faith; belief; creed
national border; provincial border
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
relation; connection; affinity
connections; contacts; influence
number of (large) animals
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid