to start working; to take action
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
after checking; after verification
this occasion; at this time; now
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
incense; mixture of fragrant woods, etc. used for making incense
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
gods of the land; earthly deities
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
large tree; big tree; huge tree
to become experienced (after many years of practice)
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
to use and then throw away
employment agency; placement agency; labour exchange; labor exchange
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
smuggling; contraband trade
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
to be detained; to take time
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
precipice; steep (e.g. mountain pass)
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
facing north; northern exposure
three kinds; three varieties