on the way back; returning
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
hunger and thirst; starvation
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
either way; in any case; one way or another
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
monetary offering; donation
merit; virtuous deed; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); merit; meritum
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
narrowness; meanness; humbleness; lowliness
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
leave-taking; offering one's resignation; farewell visit
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
party; set; gang; company; person
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)