to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
middle of the night; dead of night
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over
misuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck); shamisen; samisen
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
frequent; densely packed; thick
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to grieve; to lament; to deplore; to admire; to sigh in admiration
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
singing and (string) music
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different