pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
death in battle; death on the battlefield
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
rosary; string of prayer beads
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
while alive; during one's lifetime
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
a long time ago; in those days
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
meaning; called; named; that says; that
priestly teacher; preceptor; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); priest; second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)