prefectural border; prefectural boundary
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
along; parallel to; in accordance with
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
creation (of the universe); the Creation
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to make someone fall forward; to do thoroughly
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
human rights; civil liberties
historical awareness; understanding of history
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
change; alteration; modification
Hansen's disease; leprosy
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
all-inclusive; all-embracing; overall; general
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
to entrust; to leave to a person
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
non-leap year; normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
external object; foreign matter
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all