hokora; small wayside shrine
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
customs (duties); duty; tariff
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
loss of samurai status and confiscation of territory and property (Edo-period punishment)
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to have an idea; to have a clue
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
memory; sense; experience
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
counter for books; volume
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
this and that; one thing or another
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
steel; sword steel; sword
lightning strike; torpedo attack
to press against each other; to huddle together
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering