charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
ferry; free on board; FOB
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
to pray for the repose of somebody's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
hokora; small wayside shrine
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners; small shrine
wood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
pale yellow; light yellow
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
Koshi (former province located in present-day Fukui, Ishikawa, Toyama and Niigata prefectures; later split into Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo)
slowly (of undulating waves); gently (swelling, rolling, etc.)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
(staring in) astonishment; amazement