shoal; wide shallow beach
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
fishing industry; fishery
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
to advance construction; to proceed with construction
largest class; top category
purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead
lagoon; inlet; creek; tidal beach; tidal flat
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
riparian works; flood-control works
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human
(an) authority; (a) source; (written) reference
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses
high and low (social standing)
Kitabatake Chikafusa (1293-1354)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)