relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
without cause; without reason
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to look away; to turn away
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
Jizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to hate each other; to hate mutually
to refuse; to decline; to deny
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
becoming a monk; entering priesthood
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
along the road; along the way
spiritual awakening; resolution
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
start; leaving; marching off
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together