opportunity; chance; time; occasion
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; neighborhood; neighbourhood
Jizo Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
the same kind; accomplice; partner
transferral of a sacred object from its place of enshrinement; imperial procession
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
blood vessel; blood relationship
communism; Communist Party
rikka; formal style of ikebana
(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
combined umbrella and halberd carried on floats in some festivals
capital (of a column); stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
the same book; the said book; ibid.
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
small war flag attached to the back of one's armour during battle
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
cabinetwork; joinery; hair ornament; hairpin; (arch.) colours; (arch.) banner
battle standard raised next to the horse of a commander
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
judge (of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); judicial officer; minister of justice; Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family