to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
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
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
difficult to ...; hard to ...
congratulation; celebration
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
future (usually near); prospects
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
early evening cloud; clouds at sunset
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
(within a) territory; domains
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness