prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
several times; several degrees
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
mouthpiece; cigarette holder; cigarette filter (tip); fragrant garnish (for soup)
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
dusky purple; dark purple; eggplant color
quality collar for an under kimono
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
(set of) facial features; looks
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague