opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Ehime prefecture (Shikoku)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
plants and animals; flora and fauna
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
a pair (of shoes or socks)
remote island; solitary island; outlying island
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to take turns; to mingle together
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
district; section; sector
Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
(arch.) discarding; (arch.) abandoning; variety of street performance from the Middle Ages; casting off one's attachments (in Zen)
perfectly round; perfectly circular
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout