bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
practising law; legal processes in running a country; method; way; magic
old chronicle; old record
inhalation (of air); inhaled air; intake (e.g. of air)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
supporting evidence; corroboration
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
interior; inside; internal
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
guardian; protector; patron; parent
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
notes; comment; remark; annotation
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
combination; union; binding; bond
marine traffic; sea traffic
divide into four pieces; one fourth
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives