brave warrior; hero; brave man
pretext; excuse; plea; message (esp. oral)
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to turn completely into; to become completely
Hanshan and Shi De (two Tang-era Chinese monks, often the subjects of works of art)
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
together; mutually; fellow
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
black stone; black (go pieces)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
tattling; telling on (someone)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)
dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
(giving) instruction; initiation