trainer (person who trains people or animals); sweatshirt
match; game; bout; contest
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
distinction; difference (between two things); sense of propriety; proper conduct (according to social or moral norms); accountability; taking clear responsibility (for a fault or failing)
grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
excretion; discharge; excrement
to degenerate; to lapse into
much less; to say nothing of
killing (someone) with a curse; putting a deadly curse on (someone)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
road approaching a shrine
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
person conducting a ritual; priest directing a ceremony; chief priest; conducting a ritual
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
god of beauty; goddess of beauty; Venus
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
water for washing or moistening one's hands
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
to hold (something) reverently with both hands
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class