minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
doctoral dissertation; doctoral thesis
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to need; to demand; to take; to require
in the meanwhile; during the time
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
leopard (Panthera pardus)
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
library (usu. single-room); small library
operating room; operating theatre
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance