pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
innumerable; countless; numberless
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
limestone cave; limestone cavern
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
fresco; mural; wall painting
Dragon King; promoted rook
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date)
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
founder; originator; pioneer
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
general; popular; common; typical
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to yield to temptation; to succumb
materials; data; document
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
welcome!; nice to see you!
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
representative; exemplary; model
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
plateau; tableland; eminence
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)