Niigata (city, prefecture)
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
Okayama (city, prefecture)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
four (long cylindrical things)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle
attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
Kōchi Prefecture (Shikoku)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
foundation (institution); syndicate; group
tender nurture; affectionate rearing; raising with loving care
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)