contest; comparison; competition
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
distinguished or meritorious service
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
teachings left by a deceased person; last instructions
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
like; similar to; same as
NaK (sodium-potassium alloy)
founding a temple (on a hill-top)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
to turn completely into; to become completely
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think; hesitation; wavering; vacillation
to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate
looking on by an outsider
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
Uzen (former province located in parts of present-day Yamagata Prefecture)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
bearing many children; multiparity; multipariety; multiparousness; high birth rate
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes