to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
wrong; different; not like that
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
spiritual; religious song; spiritual
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
old age; old person; the old; the aged
stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)
calling by name; designation; nomination
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
to muster up one's courage
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter