transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
addendum; supplementary material; afterword; postscript; marginal notes
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
unify the nation by force; (lit.) spread military force under the heavens
preliminary arrangements; spade work
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
in spite of; regardless of
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
leave-taking; offering one's resignation; farewell visit
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
departure; leaving; starting; standing
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
amount of drink; one's drinking capacity
considerably; greatly; a lot