to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
reign; being on the throne
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
to throw into; to dump in together
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
accumulation; accumulate; store
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
incident; affair; happening; event
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
bow (of boat); prow; stem
form; shape; figure; visage
carving; engraving; sculpture
emperor (of Japan); mikado
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
English name (for a country, etc.); English-derived nickname (used by someone with a non-Western personal name); Western name
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
should; must; -able; probably; likely
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing