book; volume; this; present; main; head
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
conviction; belief; confidence
to attempt; to test; to try out
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
five (long cylindrical things)
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
surroundings; environs; circumference
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
component; part; material; member
residence; abode; dwelling
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
inspection; examination; checking
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
plant and equipment; production facilities; manufacturing equipment
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
one after another; in succession; in a row
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
chartered ship; chartering or hiring a vessel
fee; charge; rate; material
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire