special; particular; peculiar; unique
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
registration; accession; register; entry; record
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
broiled eel (usu. mixed into rice)
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
last days; the end; one's fate
study; diligence; discount; reduction
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
buried gold; buried treasure
proceeding to the capital
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling