feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
founder; originator; pioneer
check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
word; term; language; speech
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
(religious) faith; belief; creed
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
memories; recollections; reminiscence
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
training; drilling; strengthening; use of alchemy; producing (gold, etc.) with alchemy
material; substance; matter
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
iron sand; magnetite sand
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to cultivate a better understanding
of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
greater than ...; bigger ...