junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
Matsumoto Seichou (1909.12.21-1992.8.4)
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
tortoise-shell divination
(arch.) divining; (arch.) telling a fortune; (arch.) predicting; choosing; settling; fixing
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
to crack; to develop a crack
farming; agriculture; cultivation
good or bad luck; fortune
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
technique; art; skill; move
besides; moreover; in addition
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)