steady; sound; reliable; solid
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
vibrancy; strength; (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30); counter for times of moxibustion
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to follow advice; to act upon advice
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
league; federation; union; alliance
physical culturist; athlete
crossed wires or lines (of communication); confusion
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
counter for generations; epoch
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
becoming a monk; entering priesthood
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man