to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter
running water; flowing water; stream
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
self-affirmation; self-approval
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
technique; art; skill; move
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
type of ancient oriental belt; (arch.) counter for swords
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to grow (of moss, grass, etc.); to sprout; to appear
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); third string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
minister (of a government department)
imperial decree; imperial edict
pillar of fire; blazing column
backflip; backward somersault
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
flash of lightning; fire caused by lightning
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
bhava (becoming, existence)
condition of one's stomach
stubborn person; obstinate person; pig-headed person