Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
wandering; roaming; drifting
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; (lit.) catching neither the horsefly nor the bee
pronunciation; production of sound
by far; by a long way; much; a few levels; several grades
foolishness; stupidity; silliness
madness; insanity; madman; mania; craze; obsession
genius; prodigy; natural gift
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
marine product; marine (e.g. product, animal etc.)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
nobleman's illegitimate child
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
descendant; progeny; offspring
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
same family (race, tribe)
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
common reed (Phragmites australis)
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
king; monarch; ruler; champion
Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
absolutely; positively; decidedly
probability; likelihood; chances
to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)