embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
weather forecast; weather report
heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
literally; to the letter; literal
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
match; game; bout; contest
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
going fishing; going out to fish
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
made by oneself; homemade
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
9th day of the month; nine days
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures