uneven temper; caprice; whim
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
(police) detective; criminal matter
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out
to pitch camp; to set up camp
east, west, south and north
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
shikigami; spirit used by onmyōji sorcerers
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
at that time; in those days
going through; going via; going by way of
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
in swarms; in great crowds; in huge numbers; plentifully; a lot (of)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
pursuing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
for your information; I'm telling you
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
Taoist; person of high morals; Buddhist monk; immortal mountain wizard; Taoist immortal
yin-yang diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
to count on one's fingers
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
experience; history; record; career
one part; one portion; one section
segregation; separation; independence
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands
Tao; Dao; fundamental principle of the universe (in Taoism)
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane