shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to crimp; to join together; to swage; to calk; to caulk
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
Buddhism; Buddhist teachings
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
ground barley; cracked barley
grinding; cracking (e.g. wheat, barley); ground barley; cracked barley
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
one day; (on) a certain day
neighboring village; neighbouring village
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
land near a castle; castle town
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
convenient; handy; useful
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
clashing waves; tides in narrow sea straits
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)