painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
(major) world religion (i.e. Christianity, Buddhism, Islam)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
room detached from main house
in the process of being repaired; during repairs
inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
kneeling and worshipping; worshipping on one's knees
personal; individual; private
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
murder; killing; murderer
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene