neighbourhood; neighborhood
ground barley; cracked barley
pots and pans; kitchen utensils
strict order; peremptory command
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
round, wooden container for cooked rice
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to continue without end; to go on to eternity
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
surroundings; circumference
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
quantity or volume of water
riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
particularly; only; in the case of
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
occupation; calling; livelihood
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
concealment; suppression; hiding
everything; every affair (matter); all things
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
to use; to make use of; to utilize
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
especially; above all; particularly; among other things
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
looking back; reflecting; reconsidering; consideration; concerning oneself
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
severe cold; intense cold; bitter cold
to span (e.g. a stream with a bridge)
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing