box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to let out a cry; to shout
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
body of a snake; serpentine
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
lineage; pedigree; family line
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to go along; to walk along; to follow
elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman
cave; cavern; den; grotto
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to speak; to hear a voice
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine
family; relatives; dependents; household
considerably; fairly; quite
to leave word; to leave a message
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
like this; this sort; this way
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times