to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
chief; main; principal; important
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
wounded person; injured person
some people; a few people; several people
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
destruction; collapse; crumbling
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
major earthquake; large earthquake
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines