sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
very hungry; starving; ravenous
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
apparent age (of someone); rough age
real machine (as opposed to a model or simulation); actual machine; actual device; real aeroplane; actual aircraft
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
native rock; natural rock
Nichiren; Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)
image; figure; figure; form; image
Island; insula; island; islet
guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
speaking voice; talking voice
a morning drink (of sake)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
saltpan; field for drying salt
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be