tank for holding human waste (used for fertilizer); night-soil reservoir; cesspool; cesspit
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
epicenter (of an earthquake); epicentre; source (of a rumor, incident, etc.); origin
to start; to begin; to commence
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
six (long cylindrical things)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action)
Araneus ventricosus (species of orb-weaving spider)
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
landowner; landlord; landlady
unmarried; not yet married
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
to fall ill; to be taken ill
dead person; deceased person
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
half the body; half length
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
letter; note; book; writings; literary arts; learning