miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
clearly miraculous; remarkably miraculous; striking
many books; many writings
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
major incident; major happening; big scandal
shellfish; seashell; shell
high mountain; alpine mountain
to comb back; to stroke upward; to smooth up
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (at a location); sum of money
sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
Meireki era (1655.4.13-1658.7.23)
Fire Rooster (34th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1957, 2017, 2077)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
hard to reach place; remote place
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
school one belongs to; one's own unique way; natural flow (of a river); run-of-the-river (electricity generation)
one breath; chug!; drink!
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
two mighty rivals; (lit.) dragon and tiger
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family