Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)
most important provincial shrine; (arch.) first-born imperial prince
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
OK; sure; yessir!; okey dokey!; understood
zig-zag motion (esp. warship)
true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof
second most important provincial shrine; (arch.) second-born imperial prince
wide difference; a world of difference
precarious situation; precarious state
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort
Hades; land of the dead; netherworld
vain dream of wealth and splendour
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
tonoko; powder made from dried clay used as a polishing powder, filler material, etc.
devious mind; sinister thinking; scheming
Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical (now Astellas Pharma)
person who died outside of their homeland; (lit.) ghost in a foreign land
person who died outside of their homeland; (lit.) ghost in a foreign land
close adviser; close advisor
mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
needle stonecrop (Sedum lineare)
humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus); Napoleon wrasse; Napoleonfish; Maori wrasse