tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
directions; instructions; orders; command
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
all night long; all through the night
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to rain incessantly; to downpour