to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
net (amount); clear; net weight; net price; cost price; actual content
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
last month of the year; December
first month of the lunar calendar; January
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
second month of the lunar calendar; February
third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.)
discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different); Very sincerely yours; (arch.) peerless; (arch.) unparalleled
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July); June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar; triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
a real man would (shut up and) ...
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
seventh month of the lunar calendar
eighth month of the lunar calendar
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
ceaselessness; incessancy; the Avici hell
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu
creation; birth; formation; naissance; construction
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
profusely (esp. flowers blooming in great profusion)
god's majesty; god's authority; might of Heaven
falling of the curtain; (coming to an) end; close
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season