work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
question; inquiry; enquiry
monetary unit; currency unit
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
first generation; founder
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
history of Japan; Japanese history
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
Shimane prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
death in battle; death on the battlefield
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
how long; how far; how much
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law