story; tale; talk; discussion
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; magic
the West; the Occident; Western countries
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
that is to say; so that means
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to be found; to be discovered
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
feces and urine; excreta; human waste