sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
contrivance; to invent; to devise; to think out
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
Mie prefecture (Kinki area)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
landlocked masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou masou)
widower; divorced man not remarried
meaningless; insignificance
territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto
Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China
the three powers: heaven, earth and man
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
rather; better; instead; if anything
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
dispersal; scattering; discrete
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin