zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
before the gate; in front of the gate
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
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
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
prayer (for something); supplication
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
after that; afterwards; thereafter
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
(religious) faith; belief; creed
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to take to; to let one's heart go out to
to collect; to assemble; to gather
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)