house where one was born; one's parents' house
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
two times; twice; two degrees
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
early (days); initial stage; initial
comparatively; relatively
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
urban area; urban district
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
danger; peril; hazard; risk
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
plural; multiple; several
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
hokora; small wayside shrine
to indicate; to show; to point to
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
woman; female; feminine gender
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
single colour (color); monochrome
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine