(religious) faith; belief; creed
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
one's house; one's home; one's family
coldest time of the year; bitter suffering
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
how many people; a number of people
growing urgent; becoming distressful
to begin; to set about; to start
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
adherence (to custom, tradition)
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
environment; circumstance
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
so; like this; in this way
art of living; way of life
in addition; besides this; twice
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
cultivation; nurture; culture
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu)
fertile shoot of field horsetail
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style