plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
artists' colony; colony of artists
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
living together; communal life; cohabitation
solitude; loneliness; isolation
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
proposal; proposition; suggestion
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
rubber raft; inflatable boat
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
how should I know?; don't ask me
Shimane prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
depopulation; declining population
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante