fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
two (long cylindrical things)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
main hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts