novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to hunt down
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
social page (of newspaper); local news page
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
mediator; middleman; intermediary; carrier (e.g. disease)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
suggestion; hint; implication
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
devote oneself to; to do as one pleases; to act selfishly
one end; an end; part; fragment
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
wokou; wakou; Japanese pirates of the Middle Ages
work left uncompleted at death; work one accomplished during one's lifetime
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
Siam (former name of Thailand)
business affairs of a company; clerical business of a Shinto shrine
branch office; branch store
wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum); Japanese wax tree
importation; ingression; migration; transfection