fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
monetary offering; offertory
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
Kumano Highway (ancient pilgrimage route)
1000 ri; (a) long distance
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
bishop's staff; khakkhara
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
materials; data; document
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
farmland; rice field or paddy
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
faith-healing; incantation
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
only; merely; but; no more than
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy