to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
house for rent; house to let; building a house; built house
upper part; upper region; region above
to set up shop; to open a store
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
the West; the Occident; Western countries
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks; settling scores
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
otherwise; or else; if not
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
such; like that; that sort of; very
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth