your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (arch.) to be a sign of; (arch.) to be an omen for
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to blaze; to burn brightly
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
magic sword; cursed sword
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
(how) many times; (how) often
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift
difficult to ...; hard to ...
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
boundless; limitless; vast; broad
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent