Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period)
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
mizuchi; aquatic, dragon-like beast with four feet, horns and poisonous breath
big snake; (large) serpent
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
carpentry; woodworking; woodwork
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
monkey (esp. a gibbon); hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre); kappa; (arch.) menstrual period
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
street with houses lined up only on one side
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
crookedness; bending; indentation; curvature; flexion
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
half a ri (distance measure)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
grassy field; grassland; meadow
water damage; flood disaster
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
dry field farming; dry field crop
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
to make an appearance; to show up
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
directly opposite; right in front
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)