request; appeal; claim; purchase
to bring; to take; to bring about
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
river fish; freshwater fish
genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners; small shrine
hokora; small wayside shrine
considerably; greatly; a lot
late at night; small hours of the morning
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
hometown; rural township (of China)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
to force one's way; to push through
sedge hat and straw rain cape
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
surely (not); certainly (not)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of