elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
bird's egg (esp. a chicken egg); chick; baby bird (esp. a baby chicken); eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy); eggshell (colour); red and white oval rice cakes
reason; cause; history; origin
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day
stroke (swimming); arm stroke; adds strength or emphasis to verbs
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
table of contents; contents
quickly; calmly; intently
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
farmer; farming family; farmhouse