to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
here and there; in places
flood; freshet; inundation
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
at least; at most; (even) just
this world; this life; world of the living
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
nonchalant air; unruffled air
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)