the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn); the seven days of the week
nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope
28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryō system)
Huang Di (The Yellow Emperor; legendary emperor of China)
celestial fox; fox with supernatural powers (sometimes said to live in the heavens)
Son of God; child of an emperor
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
fox with supernatural powers
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
lightly; easily; carelessly
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
to be sacked; to be dismissed
sympathy; compassion; pity
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do