you (esp. unmarried women)
one's way back; one's way home
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)
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum)
in person; personally; (do) oneself
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
vase; vase for floral offerings
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice