fund-raising; collection of funds
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)
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)
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
people; men and women; each person; everybody
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)
letter; missive; note; mail
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
height of summer; hottest part of summer
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
don't you think?; indicates question
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
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
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to