hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
to throw oneself (into an activity)
suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
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
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
three days and three nights
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
originally; by nature; from the start
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
under control (e.g. of territory)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to mow; to reap; to harvest
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort