taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
hired thief taker (Edo-period); private detective; private secret policeman
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to face; to go towards; to head towards
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
to carry out one's mission
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
use; utilization; utilisation; application
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
kitchen; financial situation
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
position; location; base; point; site
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
massing (of troops); gathering
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers