エイEI

cataract; film over the eye

ヒンHIN・にらむnira.mu

an angry glare; to open the eyes with anger

ロRO・ルRU・みるmiru

the pupil of the eye; to see

ガGA・ゲGE・するsuru

to grind; to calender; to polish; to roll with a stone roller

ソウSOU・いしずえishizue

stone base; plinth of a pillar

インIN・オンON

ケンKEN・テンTEN

Ormazda; god of the Zoroastrians (extended to god of the Manicheans)

ヨウYOU・ショウSHOU・まつりmatsuri

to drive out demons, etc., (as was done at the new-year)

タンTAN・ドンDON・まつりmatsuri

sacrifice offered on anniversary

ゲイGEI・ウンUN・うえるu.eru・のりnori・わざwaza

skill; ability in handicraft a craft; an art; calling; trade; accomplishment

ネンNEN・としtoshi

year; new-years; person's age

コウKOU・カイKAI・ボウBOU・モウMOU

to waste; to destroy; to diminish (hence it came to mean a rat)

セキSEKI・ジョクJOKU・キュウKYUU・よるyo.ru

the gloom of the grave; tomb or grave; death

ビンBIN・ホウHOU・ヘンHEN・ほうむるhoumu.ru

to put a coffin in a grave

ソツSOTSU・ソチSOCHI

to rush out of a den; rustling; whispering

ユYU・トウTOU・ズZU・くぐりどkugurido

small door or window; hole in the wall; to cut through a wall; dig or bore hole

ワWA・エE・ユYU・くぼむkubo.mu

dirty; useless; weak; powerless; cracked; flaw

サクSAKU・しがらむshigara.mu

twine around; check a current (with a weir)

サクSAKU・シャクSHAKU・せまいsema.i

boards which support tiles on roof

コウKOU・クKU

basket trap for fish, placed in the opening of a weir

キョクKYOKU・コクKOKU・かいこのすkaikono.su

bamboo frame on which silkworms spin their cocoons

セイSEI・ショウSHOU・センSEN

to draw a bamboo bow or cross-bow

ジャクJAKU・ジョクJOKU・ニャクNYAKU・ヒャクHYAKU・たけのかわtakenokawa

the cuticle of the bamboo a broad-leaved bamboo

トウTOU・かさkasa

large umbrella with a long handle; used for street stalls

ロRO・ルRU・えe・かごkago

bamboo; the handle of the spear