to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
that; the matter in question
yashikigami; estate kami; small shrine with kami on or near residential land
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
but; however; provided that
maid of honor; maid of honour
kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace)
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
spring water; clear (pure) water
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to abandon; to leave behind
interpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period); interpretation; court interpreter
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
nowadays; in this day and age