disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
archer's left-wrist protector
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
glass; glassware; diamond
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.