cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings
writing left by the deceased
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
February; second month of the lunar calendar
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
middle of the night; dead of night
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
ready-made clothing; off-the-rack clothing; second-hand clothes; hanging
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace