tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei); Chusan palm; hemp palm
two (long cylindrical things)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
regulation; adjustment; control
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
regarding highly; attaching importance to
naked eye; the physical eye
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
forerunner; precursor; pioneer; outrider; outriding
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
book bound in Japanese style
going west; heading westward
Eiga Monogatari (11-12C epic); A Tale of Flowering Fortunes
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with