local Shinto deity; tutelary god
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
millet dough cake; millet mochi
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to extract (e.g. a passage from a book); to make an excerpt
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
alone; by oneself; on one's own
observation; survey; watching
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
performing art; technique (in a performing art)
to work as; to pursue as a vocation
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
young female rice planter; young girl
pregnancy; conception; gestation
fragment; one of the group or party
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear