foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
Oki (former province located on Oki Island in present-day Shimane Prefecture); Oki (island)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
settlement; solution; resolution
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
Hyūga (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture); Hyūga (city)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
Toyama (city, prefecture)
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical
authority; power; influence
establishment; settlement
fortune-telling; divination
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways