bank; weir; embankment; levee
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
year of a person's death; one's age at death
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to come into being; to be born
right (in front); directly; properly; normally; honestly; decently
to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)
to overdo; to do too much
stepping back; drawing back
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
burning (someone) to death
to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come); to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans
usefulness; utility; being orderly; being proper
nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
bird; bard (esp. as a character class in role-playing games)
like that; that way; thus
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home without permission (leave)
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch
lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires
to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden
change; alteration; modification
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
to awake from one's sleep