half-moon; half a month; semicircle
bento; Japanese box lunch
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
ancestor; forefather; foremother
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
disorder; confusion; chaos
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
factory or industrial district or area
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
major earthquake; large earthquake
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind