to discuss; to talk together
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
book; volume; this; present; main; head
torii; Shinto shrine archway
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
front shrine; hall of worship
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
in the face of; in defiance of
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
innumerable; countless; numberless
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
image; figure; figure; form; image
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
eternalness; forever unchanging; distant land over the sea; world of the dead
afterlife; realm of the dead
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death