origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
three-way junction; three-way intersection
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
mobilization; mobilisation
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
snake; serpent; large snake
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
the same; the said; likewise
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
to be satisfied (with); to find satisfactory
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
smell of something rotten; rotten smell