self-indulgence; looseness; dissoluteness
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
in terms of; from the point of view of
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to solicit; to demand; to extort
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
spreading; infesting; running rampant
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
various families; various schools of thought
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
world; society; people; the public
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
on the way back; returning
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding