dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
temple dedicated to Kannon
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
six (long cylindrical things)
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
field; plain; prairie; moor
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
... and eastward; east of
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
casualties; the killed and wounded
irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to be touching; to be moving
troubles both at home and abroad
alternately; in succession
natural calamity; disaster
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
arrogant; haughty; calm; placid
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii)
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
inside pocket; bosom; real intention
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
exposure to the sun; sunny place
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
information; experience; knowledge; observation
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
five (long cylindrical things)