faith-healing; incantation
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
sixth day of the month; six days
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
studies; schoolwork; classwork
preliminary investigation; preparation
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
surmise; guess; inference
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
softly; mildly; gently; politely
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
now that; since; as long as; provided that
all people; the whole nation
good; goodness; right; virtue
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
interruption; suspension; break
the lower classes; the common people
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder