to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
harm; injury; evil (influence)
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
superstition; superstitious belief
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
periodic thinning (e.g. forest)
extermination; expulsion; destruction
next; secondly; subsequently
1st quarter of moon; crescent moon
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness
exemplification; illustration; example
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
broiled eel (usu. mixed into rice)
kaya (Torreya nucifera); Japanese nutmeg tree
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
to throw on the fire; to burn
driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
birds and wild animals; wildlife
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human