one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
directions; instructions; orders; command
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
messenger of god; divine messenger
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
the West; the Occident; Western countries
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
mho (unit of conductance)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
silent; still; quiet; hushed
new book; new publication
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
extremely; terrifically; super
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
information; news; report; reward; retribution
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
internal organ; viscera; gut
effect; result; worth; use; avail
nonviolence; non-harming; ahimsa