Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
ceramics; pottery; porcelain
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
imagination; supposition; guess
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
true character; true heart; true spirit
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
now that; since; so long as; because
to beat; to gain a point; to upset
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
sooner or later; in time; eventually
possession (esp. of a territory)
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to return to normal; to recover; to restore
agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
torii; Shinto shrine archway
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance