bai zhi (Chinese name for angelica species Angelica dahurica); traditional Chinese cure made from the root of this plant; Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
long (time that has passed); old (story)
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
gushing; overflowing; everlasting; unfailing; endless
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
piece; fragment; one (object)
family name; lineage; birth; clan
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
remaining text omitted (in quotation)
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
namely; that is (to say); in other words
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
descendant of a god; heavenly grandson
descendant; posterity; offspring
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
(successive lords) using the same retainers
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level