to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
China and India; far away
Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka)
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten
to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to return evil for good; to return a favor with spite
to narrowly escape death; to have a narrow escape from death
Mongolia (region); Greater Mongolia; Mongolian Plateau; Mongols (nomadic tribe)
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. lie); specious; seemingly truthful
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
occupation; calling; livelihood
horizon (related to bodies of water)
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
superficial knowledge; shallow wisdom; (arch.) small fief
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
waiting (for); expecting; standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
shudder; shiver; agitation
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
quadruped; four-footed animal
unusual clothing; strange way of dressing up; prohibited form of dress
vulgar; coarse; crude; boorish; ill-mannered; mean
to commit adultery; to fornicate; to have illicit sex; to rape; to violate; to abuse sexually
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape (by force); sexual assault
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
as far as the eye can see
to change (buses, boats, etc.); to transfer (to); to possess (of a god, spirit, etc.)