to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
second; number two; runner-up
the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Hare; hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am); east; second month in the lunar calendar
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to cower in fear; to be scared; to be nervous
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
interval between the waves; gap between waves
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
at the same time; at a time; at one time; simultaneously
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
historical document written without a particular addressee (e.g. a diary)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees