to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to hide; to end a round with less than 20 points
number of pages; page space
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
reading through; reading over
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
five dhyani buddhas; five wisdom buddhas
ruined temple; abandoned temple; temple ruins; closing a temple
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
mountain hamlet; mountain village
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
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.)
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
niche or alcove for an image; (in Okinawa) portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
World-Honored One (honorific name for Gautama Buddha)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
book of stamps (each confirming donation to a temple on a pilgrimage)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae