plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
in the future; another day; later
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
westward trip; trip to the West
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
Sha Wujing; Sandy (character from the Chinese novel Journey to the West)
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
poor or lowly masterless samurai
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
doing whatever one pleases
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to join together; to combine; to join up
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
depiction; description; portrayal
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different