Shinto rites; Shinto style
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
complexion; colour; color; blood red
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
message of condolence; memorial address
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
in low spirits; dejected; sad
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
exactly as stated; verbatim
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
100,000; hundred thousand
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)