neck; head; dismissal; discharge
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
counter for choices, options, etc.
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
pending; undecided; unconvicted; awaiting judgement
ancestor; forefather; foremother
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
founder of dynasty or sect
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
constitutional government; (arch.) exemplary government; (arch.) excellent government
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
kanji meaning interpretation
spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death
addition; increase; Canada
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast