or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu; (arch.) salmon
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
deity of rice fields and harvests
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
entrance to a bay; mouth of a bay
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
fairyland; enchanted land
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
shellfish; seashell; shell
group; bunch; crowd; group
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
distant country; heaven; hades
distant country; heaven; hades
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
lagoon; inlet; creek; tidal beach; tidal flat
flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to bring; to take; to bring about
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect