home area; home town; local
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
type of occupation; occupational category
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
here and there; in places
to be sooty; to be stained
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
leather shoes; leather boots
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
history of; experience of
scattered; separated; dispersed
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)