to open hostilities; to take up arms; to start a war
slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin; string of coins (usu. 100 mon)
fortunetelling; divination
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to live through; to survive
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
Mount Kōya missionary (usu. low-ranking monk); Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
thousands; several thousand
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
change; transition; vicissitudes
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
high and low (social standing)
rubbing; scrubbing; scraping
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration
to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)
great mountain; large mountain
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
completion of construction
Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
for the present; for the time being
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
notification (from a high to a low official)