opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
while at a distance; indirectly; casually
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
any more; any further; any better; any longer
observation; survey; watching
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
natural defences; natural defenses; steep place
almost; roughly; approximately
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to play a leading role; to play a central part
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
to annoy; to cause trouble
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
inconsistent; illogical; unconvincing; not thorough; indefinite; half-way
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship