to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
pus; corruption; rot; evils
four (long cylindrical things)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
reality; actuality; hard fact
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
deep affection; dear; beloved
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
Hyūga (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture); Hyūga (city)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
half the body; half length
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
upper part; skillful (in comparisons); dexterity; over-arm grip on opponent's belt