bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
start; beginning; first step; clue
story; tale; talk; discussion
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
attendance; presence; appearance
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
large intestine; large bowel; colon
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
audience; attendance; hearers
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
contradiction; inconsistency
to rewrite; to adapt (e.g. a novel)
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
tool; implement; means; furniture
three days and three nights
pre-war days; before the war
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield