Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
village; hamlet; countryside; country
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
cattleman; raising cattle
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
herculean strength; mountain carrier-guide
smallpox; variola; pockmark; pock
rivers and mountains; landscape
(arch.) secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); shrine official (ranking below a negi)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
tradition; legend; folklore
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
wine shop; liquor store; pub; heavy drinker
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
1 "to" (unit of volume, approx. 18 litres)
food and drink; eating and drinking
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
item; article; clause; section; point
must not; should not; do not
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
utmost limit; extremity; result