wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
to look down on; to make light of
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin); dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex); starfish; body of a person struck by a train; person unconscious due to alcohol
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
fat under-belly of tuna (considered high-quality)
tuna minced with Welsh onion leaves (type of sushi topping)
fat; tallow; lard; grease
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
discussion; argument; debate