outside help; help from without; salvation by faith
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
home (family, domestic) life
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
tip of a brush or pen; (force of a) writing style
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
to ride past (one's stop); to overshoot; to climb over; to get over; to overtake (in a vehicle); to pass
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
The Doll's House (play by Ibsen)
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
wallet; billfold; purse; handbag
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
terrible pain; terrible hardship; terrible suffering
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
ingredient; component; composition
reaching; attaining; arrival
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
I-novel; novel narrated in the first person
source; beginning; origin
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to