check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
long ago; once upon a time
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
pastel color; pastel colour
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)
treasured item; sacred artifact; magical implement; legendary weapon
incarnation (of a god, spirit or abstract quality); embodiment; avatar; incarnation; monster role; kumadori worn for a monster role
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
(unfolded) thin sheet of paper; 200-character writing paper; paper money; note
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
one day; (on) a certain day
to tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
like this; this sort; this way
to threaten; to make threats
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
(not) a single person; (no) one
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
foreign matter; impurities
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least