God; god; ace; king; superior person
prayer (for something); supplication
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
go that far; to that extent
menial; meanness; servility; abject
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
close by; right there; short distance away; at once; as soon as possible; immediately
hokora; small wayside shrine
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
god of fortune; god of wealth
Billiken (pointy-headed charm doll, orig. from the US)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
Jizo (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
that's the way it is; such is life
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
sorry; excuse me; thank you
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
originally; by nature; from the start
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others