to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
fact; (a) truth; realistic portrayal of an ordinary event (by a wise man)
huge rock; massive boulder
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets; delivering a letter
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
to bound; to set a boundary
Son of God; child of an emperor
order; command; life; destiny; fate
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
founder; originator; pioneer
system; institution; organization; organisation
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence
mental disorder; mental disease
history; pedigree; lineage
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
3000; three thousand; many
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to make a distinction; to differ; to be different
adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
deity of rice fields and harvests