shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
first generation; founder
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
general term; generic name
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
descendant; progeny; offspring
a second time; again; once more; twice
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
literature; books (reference); document
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to beat; to batter; to pummel
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
beginning; outset; first; onset
to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
to manage a state; to govern a country
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed