wokou; wakou; Japanese pirates of the Middle Ages
international trade; foreign trade; overseas trade
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
large amount of money; great cost
junior high school student; middle school pupil
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
alternately; by turns; one after the other
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
price; cost; value; worth; merit
power; might; authority; influence
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
one sun (approx. 3.03 cm); little bit (of time, distance, etc.)
to paint (draw) a picture
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
loading; charging; filling
tinder; touchwood; charcloth
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
roaring; thundering; thunderous; deafening; ear-splitting
loud sound; loud reverberation
unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very