illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
magical power; mystical force
Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
health; healthy; sound; fit
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
relation; connection; relevance
Katei era (1235.9.19-1238.11.23)
the first and second; a few
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
celebrating in advance; advance blessing (e.g. of crops)
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
eastern part; the east (of a region)
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
sage; wise man; philosopher; sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
history of the Shōwa period (1926-1989)
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)