(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
(United States of) America; USA
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to be remembered; to go down in history
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
family; relatives; dependents; household
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
same family (race, tribe)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
name; given name; first name
popular name; common name; given name
artificial hill (in a garden)
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)