tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
true character; real nature
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
level ground; plain; flatland
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
hometown; rural township (of China)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
Brahma (Hindu god); large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); down puff (on the end of an ear pick)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
in the mountains; among the mountains
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up