root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
fortune-telling; divination
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
rice porridge divination; harvest divination carried out during Koshogatsu
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
charm; incantation; spell; curse
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
divination that predicts the events of the whole year (esp. concerning crops)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
snowy; covered in deep snow
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)