associate; junior; assistant; runner-up
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
to have a reason; to have an excuse
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
occasional; infrequent; rare
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
even number; even; spouse; mate
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum