to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
speculation; thinking; meditation
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml); (arch.) banknote; (arch.) paper money
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
covered with; stained; smeared
snake; serpent; large snake
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
conviction; belief; confidence
occurring naturally (without human influence)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.); (monks and laity of) the Jishū sect
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
Seizan sect (of Pure Land Buddhism)
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
love for (one's) family; family love; familial love