gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
keno (casino game); kino (gum, resin); kino (cinema)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants
boiled and half-dried bonito
mortar (for grinding); mortar-shaped container
deep-fried mochi (Heian period)
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
reduction by half; halving
spare time; free time; leisure
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
ten; 10; (arch.) book containing a collection of poems
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
ten; 10; ten years of age
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
major change; major transformation
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
rice tax (ritsuryo system); rice levy; tax on rice fields; annual tribute; annual tax
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise