easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
competing; competition; auction
indeed; really; truly; very much
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
goods sold off through irregular channels (usu. at very low prices); merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels; fake merchandise; unlicensed merchandise; knockoff
war clouds; threat of war
cry of a baby at its birth
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
karma (from one's previous life)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
situation; state of things; current affairs
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
young imperial prince; child of the imperial family; shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
edict; public announcement
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness