transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
peephole (e.g. in a door); observation window; viewing window
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
to blaze; to burn brightly
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
hostility; animosity; enmity
(something) fickle; (something) very changeable
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider); tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
Kibi (former province located in present-day Okayama and parts of Hiroshima, Hyōgo and Kagawa prefectures; later split into Bizen, Bitchu and Bingo provinces)