scriptures; canon; teaching guide
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
either way; in any case; one way or another
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
the Big Three (countries)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
cracks or fissures in the ground
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
religious organization; religious organisation
curious; strange; unusual
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
string instrument; stringed instrument
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
information; experience; knowledge; observation
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
sulfuration; sulphuration
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)