desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
difficult problem or question
settlement; solution; resolution
feeling keenly; fully realizing
cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana); cowry
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
Virgin Mary; Jesus' mother; Santa Maria (Columbus' ship)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
exhibition; display; putting on show
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
Maria Kannon; statue of the Virgin Mary disguised as a Buddhist Kannon statue, used by hidden Christians during the Edo period
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
guardian Avalokitesvara of children and childbirth (bodhisattva)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
safe, easy childbirth; guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
outside of; not covered by
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
diction; grammar; syntax; usage; wording
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
shellfish; seashell; shell
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
course; route; path; process; means