wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
painting red; vermillion lacquering
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
pregnancy; conception; gestation
female private parts; female genitals
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
very much; very many; more and more
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to give a broad grin; to smirk
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
varieties; different kinds
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
companion; partner; spouse
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
background (of a scene, picture, etc.); background (of an event, person, etc.); circumstances; background music; background (activity)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
(religious) faith; belief; creed
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
raising (of animals); rearing; keeping; domesticated; domestic; pet
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over