specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
dry riverbed; river beach
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
oppression; suppression; pressure
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
to lose one's footing; to slip
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
mountain road; mountain trail
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged