God; god; ace; king; superior person
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
battle for Christmas sales
enterprise; business; company; corporation
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
based on; on the basis of
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
folklore studies; folkloristics
study; research; investigation
offender; criminal; culprit
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to like; to love; to be fond of
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
interruption; suspension; break
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
profound; deep; unfathomable
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
guess; speculation; supposition