acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
older brother; you (in ref. to male of greater age or status)
gold and jewels; precious object
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
gentle spring rain; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
garden; trees and flowers in a garden
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
exposure to the sun; sunny place
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
considerably; greatly; a lot
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
drenched with sweat; sweaty all over
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child