district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
four (long cylindrical things)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
each prefecture; all prefectures
Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
compilation; editing; recording
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
Sarashina Genzou (1904.2.15-1985.9.25)
frequency (of occurrence)
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement