combination; union; incorporation; congruence
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
front; frontage; facade; main
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
since when; from when; how long
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
ancient time; age of the gods
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
very great; enormous; serious
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
scattered here and there; at intervals
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
various countries; various regions; various provinces
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
nursing; (protective) care
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
suprarenal body; adrenal glands
pre-existing; already there; conventional
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)