advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
husband and wife; married couple
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
lacquerware; painting; coating
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
place; situation; position; location
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
technical research institute
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
the whole family; the whole house
to be worried; to be troubled
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
peace; tranquility; tranquillity
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy
study; learning; tutorial
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
disinheritance; disowning
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
Pacific island flatsedge (Cyperus cyperoides)
provincial (country) millionaire