to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
river; stream; River; the ... river
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
origin; beginning; source
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
at; in; at; when; by; with
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
mutation; change; transition
source of river; fountainhead
one (thing); one piece; one item
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
(someone's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
drought; long spell of dry weather
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
to forget completely; to leave behind
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
ancestor; forefather; foremother