confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
descendant; posterity; offspring
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
shaman; oracle; diviner; medium
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
great-grandmother; great-grandma
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
society; public; community; social studies
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
proposal; proposition; suggestion
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort