to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
suddenly; all of a sudden
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
lethality; killing effectiveness
black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
to rain incessantly; to downpour
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
natural calamity; disaster
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
body and soul; mind and body
badness; evilness; bad; evil
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored