to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
unexpected meeting; coincidence
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
such ... as; or some such
church; chapel; synagogue; tabernacle
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
Gospel of Matthew (book of the Bible)
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
Japanese writing; Japanese text
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
coastal waters; adjacent seas
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
one's intellectual powers; one's mental faculties
wind and waves; rough seas; discord; quarrel; hardships (of life); adversity
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot
to spread; to be propagated
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
elements; essentials; outline
questions and answers; dialogue
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment