objection; dissent; protest
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
great compassion and mercy
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
when; how soon; how long until
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana; opposite bank; opposite shore
A Dark Night's Passing (novel by Shiga Naoya)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
niche for a Buddhist image; alcove; miniature shrine for a Buddhist image; portable shrine used to move a deceased person from their house to the graveyard (in Okinawa)
faintly; dimly; slightly; barely
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
preparations for a journey; travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
breathing of a sleeping person
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
inner sanctum; inner temple; inner shrine; sanctuary; chancel
door; gate; opening; title page
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris