tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos); jungle crow
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
ten (long cylindrical things)
(seriously and slightly) injured persons; people with serious and minor injures
insanity; lack of mental capacity; (state of) non compos mentis
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
way of the sword; swordsmanship
self-analysis; autoanalysis
to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.); to live in; to become a live-in employee; to become a resident (of an institution)
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
national polity; National Athletic Meet
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
origin; source; virtuous ancestor
qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple); abbot
very much; exceedingly; extremely
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
teachings of Buddha; Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhist enlightenment
entering a mountain area (for climbing); entering a monastery; coming to live in a temple
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
place where fire is likely to break out; possible cause of a fire
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)